Definition of stream in English:

stream

noun striːmstrim

1A small, narrow river.
小河，小溪
a perfect trout stream
Example sentencesExamples
- With hundreds of colour photos and instructions on animal recognition the book is a guide to measuring the health of rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands.
- The rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas of the Great Lakes system are key, because fish and other animal species depend on them for habitat.
- My chosen tackle for sea trout when fishing small rivers and streams is usually a six weight rod with floating line and a nine foot leader.
- As we travelled to Tavistock, we crossed over flooded streams and rivers that all had plenty of colour.
- Each day's ride will leave participants breathless as they view deep gorges, whitewater rivers, cool streams, and a variety of wildlife.
- The streams and rivers offer excellent fly fishing for trout and bass; hook a smallmouth on a six weight rod and you're having fun.
- Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States.
- Approximately 20 million acres of rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands could be at risk.
- It's also a good idea to look out for bays, islands, in-flowing streams and out-flowing rivers.
- Having said that, water quality in our lowland streams and rivers is poor, which is something we are working to turn round.
- Yet violation of the fishing regulations was endemic on nearly all salmon rivers and streams in the three provinces.
- After buying a licence you have hundreds of fishable streams creeks and rivers to fish.
- The flow of that water - in brooks, streams, rivulets, rivers, and lakes - frames much of what makes Kentucky so lush and alluring.
- Because of tidal action, which in its own way can be a form of marine structure, bays are more akin to rivers and streams than to lakes and reservoirs.
- You also should plant the banks of streams, creeks and rivers with erosion-preventing vegetation.
- Should by chance the rain keep falling (I can't remember when it last stopped!) bringing the rivers and streams into flood, then all is not lost.
- Anatids inhabit aquatic habitats such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and marshes.
- They nest in hardwood stands, almost always on or near rivers, streams, or other wetlands.
- No creeks, streams, or rivers ran through any of the study areas.
- Where the influence of a stream or river is possible, even of short duration, that hypothesis should be considered.
Synonyms
brook, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet
river, watercourse
tributary
British winterbourne
Scottish &amp Northern English burn
Northern English beck
British dialect bourn
North American &amp Australian/New Zealand creek
Australian billabong, anabranch
technical influent, confluent
rare rillet, brooklet, runlet
2A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas.
（液体、空气、气体的）流，股，缕
Frank blew out a stream of smoke
弗兰克吹出一缕烟。
the blood gushed out in scarlet streams
鲜红的血一股股涌出。
Example sentencesExamples
- The device works by creating an electrical charge through a stream of ionized gas, or plasma.
- He breathed heavily through his nose and accidentally shot a stream of liquid mucus onto the table.
- Kaia replied, a stream of tears flowing from her eyes, bright against the firelight.
- But as he looked up a stream of liquid came to his eyes and made them feel as if they were burning.
- A stream of water flows onto the figure's head; its shiny white beard reflects the light from the kerosene lamp.
- She points down to a stream of gasoline flowing out from underneath the car they've taken shelter behind.
- He then cut his arm with the knife, a stream of crimson blood flowed from his new gash.
- I managed to spit out a stream of the sanguine liquid before dodging just in time to miss her foot.
- A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow.
- There was quite a stream of water flowing down the Main Street when I came home from work.
- I spat out a stream of the clear liquid quickly before tumbling out of the bathtub face first as I surfaced.
- The sun turns into a gigantic eye, from which flows a stream of light that illuminates the speculum of the pool.
- It is understood a stream of air through the property produced a chimney effect, and flames quickly spread.
- A stream of liquid pours in through the broken window.
- He noticed a stream of fresh blood flowing down the covers of the bedspread and onto the floor.
- As the train jerked forwards it spilt a stream of its yellow liquid onto the carriage floor.
- A stream of liquid fell from her eyes and pooled at her lips.
- A stream of lukewarm liquid trickled onto Ben's tongue and down his throat.
- Red liquid flowed in tiny streams from his clenched fist, but he didn't seem to notice.
- The solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles (electrons and ions) blown constantly from the sun.
Synonyms
jet, flow, rush, gush, surge, spurt, spout, torrent, flood, cascade, fountain, outpouring, outflux, outflow, effusion
current
technical efflux
1. 2.1 A mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction.
  （人，东西）流动，涌动
  there is a steady stream of visitors
  参观者络绎不绝。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He points out that the great streams of visitors to the Eternal City for the various jubilees have had a large impact on the city and its monuments.
  Armed with a book and ostensibly reading, I had found a good vantage point, as I could monitor the streams of people from both directions.
  Every day, streams of visitors enter to witness the markings of history.
  There was no far-off hum of constant traffic, no train whistles or car horns, and certainly no distant streams of moving lights from the nearest highway.
  And then, in the gathering heat, we returned over country roads, avoiding the long streams of vehicles coming in for the Bank Holiday weekend.
  A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman on foot behind.
  Floyd said the Johnson home in Melville was still receiving streams of visitors and appealed to people to make an appointment before visiting the boy.
  A steady stream of them continuously marched right down the middle of the log and into Ana's precious ariat.
  Melodious tunes rang out through the day until late afternoon, entertaining streams of visitors and fellow students.
  It has seen large streams of visitors since it opened and the organisers are quite pleased with their efforts this year.
  A steady stream of visitors from the school-system hierarchy also thronged the courtroom.
  A stream of animals is flowing across the road, raising dust from hundreds and thousands of cloven hooves.
  This would enable two streams of traffic to continue in and out of the city, rather than the short-sighted solution of closure.
  Off to the west is what was once Legion Avenue, where steady streams of cars and trucks barrel in from the suburbs or head out to them along twin one-way roads given over entirely to traffic.
  As we departed, we could see streams of people still entering the city from all directions.
  So, seized with impatience and eager to get the party started, we headed on, following the streams of people going the same direction.
  They have seen streams of refugees from both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, the majority of whom they have played host to.
  In Britain, steady streams of commuters continued to pay their respects to the victims of the London terrorist bombings.
  Bicycles were again in the spotlight at a local housing estate last week, which day in, day out plays host to a steady stream of fast moving traffic.
  Karachi became the first capital of Pakistan, struggling to find its feet and to accommodate the incoming streams of refugees.
  Synonyms
  crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, mass, body, band, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array
2. 2.2 A large number of things that happen or come one after the other.
  一连串
  a woman screamed a stream of abuse
  一个女人尖声漫骂不止。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are, as Butcher describes it, ‘three streams of programming.’
  The notes flowed together like a stream of melody, and the tune was surprisingly more soulful than her rendition.
  The anti-colonial movement developed great streams of Islamic, social democratic, and socialist thinking.
  They predicted that out of the tent - a temporary casino - would flow a stream of money unlike anything the destitute tribe had ever seen.
  Here, exoinformation was a wedge used to access more direct streams of information.
  The contest for client states that reached through Africa, Asia and the Middle East produced sponsored mobs on the streets and incessant streams of competing propaganda.
  Now I'm hugging my friends when they have good news and even cheering on bloggers I don't even know who are running into streams of great good luck.
  More than a fifth of the world's population seek their place in the world within a stream of history that flows from the Koran.
  It keeps everything in perspective. How can things seem important when there's streams of colour in every direction as far as the eye can see?
  The program, like electricity, is a stream of information through molecules and it flows through when the set is turned on.
  Just as important, many of the big, sluggish tech companies are throwing off steady streams of cash.
  Long streams of dust billowed off the purple and maroon sands, creating huge spreading lines of dust clouds which gradually attenuated until they became invisible.
  During World War Two, Malta was blasted by steady streams of German bombs and one night during an opera performance, the building was hit.
  In the end, Jocelyn adds, nothing is as simple as making steady streams of 8-ft logs.
  Stocks used to have cash flow - a stream of dividends whose regularity, growth, and quality could be assessed.
  Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses.
  Such findings can inject a sense of process by seeing social life in terms of streams of interdependent events and elements.
  Any innocent comment that previously would go right over my head and be shrugged off will let forth a stream of abuse.
  Such systems coordinate, organize, and then display the myriad streams of data that managers monitor in order to make decisions.
  I had not expected to be defeated by the position, but the combined streams of official correspondence, enquiries from the public, club duties and organising shows were too much for me.
  Synonyms
  succession, series, string, chain
  barrage, volley, battery
  flood, avalanche, torrent, tide, spate
3Computing
A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.
〔计算机〕流，数据流，指令流
Example sentencesExamples
- The receiver separates the electronic program guide data from the input stream.
- One possibility will be to use compilers to optimise code for a superscalar implementation instead of having the processor work out how to optimise the instruction stream.
- Second, there is a stream of control messages flowing back from the management applications to the agents.
- The neat property of this attack is that the capacity of this storage mechanism scales at exactly the same rate as the data stream's rate does.
- The problem is not related to a particular batch of processors, or any one instruction or data stream, Grimes said.
1. 3.1 A continuous flow of video and audio material transmitted or received over the Internet.
  音像流
  Example sentencesExamples
  But this is all about making content safe, when delivered as a stream or as a file, over the internet.
  The body may be a stream of data, a container of nested parts, or an embedded message.
  This technique recovers the whole data stream, which is then decoded.
  You can either listen to the stream or download the mp3.
  I cannot check it as the stream is currently the live programme.
4British A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught.
〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组
children in the top streams
高级班儿童。
US term track (sense 7 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, her IQ of 109 took her to Ryder Brow Secondary Modern, where she was in top streams despite poor attendance.
- He devoted so much time to amateur dramatics that he slipped from the top stream to the bottom and failed all bar one of his nine O-levels.
- She's in the top stream at school, and her marks on tests are always great.
- The reason, according to Richmond High principal Darlene Macklam, lies in the fact that not all the school's students are enrolled in the academic stream.
- This means the two streams are often taught different subjects in the same room at the same time.
- The posh lump in the top stream all had proper classical music instruments like clarinets and trumpets.
- Those not in the A stream are taught at a different pace.

verb striːmstrim

1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.
（液体）流，淌
she sat with tears streaming down her face
她坐在那儿，泪流满面。
sunlight streamed through the windows
〈喻〉阳光透过窗子照射进来。
Example sentencesExamples
- I took a step to the right to avoid the vase water streaming in my direction.
- Ayden arrived at the hospital out of breath with water streaming down his jacket.
- Sunlight and fresh air streamed inside and instantly she felt better.
- He had just gotten in from the ocean, and water was streaming down his body, dripping onto everything in sight.
- With the windows wide-open and natural light and fresh air streaming into the gallery space, the artworks of Mahlangu come to life.
- As the water was streaming down her dry throat, she heard the people begin to talk, though she could hear no words.
- In spring, I can feel the currents of cool air streaming toward me carrying odors of herbs and roots.
- I'll fix that, she smiled, breathing in the fresh air streaming in at her through the open window.
- Even inside she could feet its heat pressing in all around her despite the cool air streaming in from the vent.
- Water was streaming from the pipes and the door had been blown from its hinges.
- I stepped into the shower, the water streaming down over my body, and continued to think about everything.
- Lanette nodded, salty water streaming down her cheeks.
- A wayward droplet of water streamed down his already soaked arm.
- Only a few rivulets of water were streaming down its sides.
- First, it was just a big block in his throat, then it turned into water streaming down his cheeks.
- I felt drenched, the water was streaming down my face, and my immaculate hair was soaked.
- It hit Abbey squarely on the face and she instantly had water streaming down her face.
- He was waving his arms around, trying to get used to the fact that water was streaming down his face.
- The cold air streamed around Lily and blew into her ears.
- He could see little droplets of tears streaming down her face.
Synonyms
flow, pour, course, run, gush, surge, spurt, flood, cascade, sluice
slide, spill, slip, glide, trickle
well
1. 1.1 (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction.
  （人，东西）流动，涌动
  he was watching the taxis streaming past
  他看着出租车一辆接着一辆地驶过。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And they've been streaming across the border all night long.
  But it barely registered a response from the frustrated Down supporters who were already streaming out of the exits.
  But on Tuesday that site seemed perilously close, and most joined the mass of dazed refugees streaming north away from the trade center.
  East Germans had begun streaming to the West in the late spring.
  They came streaming over the front line east from Kunduz in a cloud of dust at about 2pm local time, their vehicle lights on and horns blowing.
  A resounding cheer went up from the stupendous mass of people that was streaming through the gates into Hyde Park.
  Perhaps it's there to prove that Arabs are streaming over the borders to fight the invading force.
  The news will please Ashurst and Colbury residents, who are dreading the prospect of an extra 4,000 vehicles streaming past their homes every day.
  By the time Sproule completed his hat-trick the home supporters not streaming from the exits were hurling abuse in the direction of their team.
  ‘I do not expect to see lines of refuges streaming to the borders,’ said Reams.
  The closing minutes and stoppage time produced much in the way of drama, albeit played out against the surreal backdrop of supporters streaming towards the exit.
  The flow of our conversation is interrupted by her friends streaming past at the end of a school day.
  One of these occurred earlier this year when, at the very front of the field, gaining the crest of a hill, I caught sight of the hounds streaming up the opposite slope.
  Cars weighing 4,000 lb are streaming past you at 30 mph as you stand on the curb.
  She described it as similar to the New York Marathon, the solid blocks of people streaming across the bridge.
  They've been streaming across the border in the tens of thousands, and there are more still coming.
  Soon a long line of tractors streamed over the lone bridge connecting Kosovo with Albania.
  People are streaming past the windows in both directions.
  They all streamed in one direction; down a wide cobblestone street lined with white, picturesque houses.
  When noon arrives the room begins to fill again all through the lunch period as the players stream back in to see the results of the morning moves, and the diplomacy begins again for the next day.
  Synonyms
  pour, surge, flood, swarm, pile, crowd, throng
2. 1.2no object Run with tears, sweat, or other liquid.
  （眼泪、汗水或其他液体）流，淌，滴
  my eyes were streaming
  我泪水涟涟。
  I woke up in the night, streaming with sweat
  我夜里醒来，浑身冒汗。
  with object his mouth was streaming blood
  他的嘴在流血。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I knew it was my mother before she stepped in, but what I didn't know was that her face was streaming with tears and her cheeks were all blotchy.
  Cool and feminine in silk and lace, or clad in casual clothes, streaming with sweat today's woman can be beautiful either way.
  Her eyes were streaming with tears and she still would not look at him.
  She turned her face towards her, and saw her daughter's eyes streaming with tears.
  Choking back the bile, eyes streaming with tears, I doused cotton balls and tossed them around the attic.
  I looked down at my elbow and noticed it was streaming with blood.
  His face was streaming with tears, eyes front, watching the great man.
  Before long, Lindsey had Kyle laughing again and made him put the thought of his mother's face streaming with tears in the back of his mind.
  Jolene looked up at Todd, her eyes streaming with tears.
  I looked forward, not realizing my face was streaming with tears until I glanced in the rear-view mirror.
  Top marks to poor Frances, streaming with flu, who dragged herself through the exam.
  Josiah cried, his cheeks streaming with tears of laughter.
  She saw a door in the distance, open and streaming with fog.
  The University of Calgary campus this day is streaming with returning students.
  While thus fettered I was seized and flung down by a heavy sea which retreating suddenly left me lying naked on the sharp shingle from which I rose streaming with blood.
  She was glaring up at him, with her green eyes still streaming with tears.
  A third of the sappers and gunners were casualties, and nearly all the mules were dead or streaming with blood.
3. 1.3no object (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind.
  （头发、衣服等）飘扬，招展
  her black cloak streamed behind her
  她黑色的斗篷在身后飘舞。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She has been depicted as a queen or princess in the same tradition as Boadicea, her hair streaming in the wind as she rides her chariot into war.
  Her flowing red hair was streaming out the window, the black tips flapping in the wind.
  Master Welms smiled through his light grey eyes, young yet experienced face, and his light brown hair streaming through a soft wind.
  Molly ran out of the room, her pure blonde hair streaming behind her.
  Hair streaming in the wind, cloak rippling out behind him and eyes flashing, he bore down upon the fortifications.
  She had blonde hair streaming down to her waist and clear blue eyes.
  Everyone in the dining hall watched as Nina stood from her chair and stormed off, blonde hair streaming behind her like rays of light rippling across a pond.
  Her dark hair streaming behind her, she rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a bagel and started to aggressively slice it.
  She kept saying that the reason she fell was because she was looking up, hoping to catch sight of my wide-brimmed straw hat, with the scarf streaming from it.
  Her hair streamed behind her and fanned out like a cloak and her skirts flew up around her slender legs in a tornado of color.
  This young lady in her fringed green cowboy suit with boots dyed to match struck me as an image out of time, her blonde hair streaming backwards under her Stetson.
  Her long golden hair streamed behind her like a golden flag as they galloped across the plains.
  Dark black skirts streamed to the ground, gathering lightly on the floor.
  She swung towards the raucous men, her raven hair streaming behind her.
  Sakura raced down the path of the park, her hair streaming like ribbons in the wind, with Sin walking slowly behind her.
  Emily rolled over and stood up, raising her hands above her head, her long dark brown hair streaming down her back.
  All of the sudden the door was flung open and Lexi burst into the room, hair streaming behind her as she raced across the room to fling her arms around me.
  The wind gently blew against her face as she kicked off, swinging into the air, leaving her loose hair streaming behind her.
  Hannah's dark green cloak streamed out behind her as we pushed forward in the wind.
  The dark hair that streamed behind her as she ran seemed oddly familiar.
  Synonyms
  flutter, float, flap, fly, blow, waft
  wave, swing, undulate, ripple
2Computing
with object Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow.
〔计算机〕流播
Example sentencesExamples
- During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes.
- Lessons can be streamed in real time or recorded for later playback.
- The hacker hopes his move will make content streamed to Media Player more widely available to users of alternative players on non-Windows platforms.
- From September, teachers will be able to stream programmes to their classes from the BBC website at any point in the seven days following transmission.
- Essentially, it streams the music files on a user's hard drive out onto the Net.
- Data's streaming when it's moving quickly from one piece of hardware to another and doesn't have to be all in one place for the destination device to do something with it.
3British with object Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.
〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组
in the coming school year, we were to be streamed
US term track (sense 4 of the verb)
Example sentencesExamples
- Donnelly, however, sees no objection to streaming students according to ability and interests, within a school or between schools.
- There is a politically correct hostility against streaming students and against grade acceleration.
- Why should we be so dismissive of the grammar schools selection process when most schools stream students of similar ability for science, maths etc?
- The expectations are further reinforced in those school systems where children are streamed by ability.
- ‘A lot of these were from schools where they had streamed them almost into a ghetto’, she explains.
- Most secondary schools now stream children according to their ability.
- I went to a Scottish school where you were still streamed according to ability to some extent
- At the last of six therapy sessions, Samuel had been streamed within the public school system into a program for creative children.
- Each year was streamed as A, B, or C according to academic ability.
- Pupils are then streamed in each subject according to their ability and aptitude.

Phrases

against (or with) the stream

Against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency.
（不）随波逐流，（不）顺应潮流，（不）随大流
a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream
质量追求顺应潮流的世界。
Example sentencesExamples
- I had gotten to the point where I felt like I was rowing against the stream.
- The conception that a Marxist party has to swim against the stream and to fight against the prevailing forms of consciousness is entirely anathema to them.
- I'm going to swim against the stream here and say I don't really understand the fuss about visual quality.
- They've swum against the stream to generate and rebuild a living piece of community.
- They cannot help but drift with the stream of success-oriented culture, however unwilling they may be.
- Of course, it isn't the first time that Livingstone has swum against the stream.
- At times he swims against the stream, quite bravely and honestly; at other moments he goes ‘with the flow,’ reinforcing popular prejudices and even backwardness.
- New Zealand will follow a contrary course and move against the stream if this legislation is passed.
- In conclusion, the challenge of the day is to go against the stream.
- He was a quick-witted, well-meaning man who went with the stream instead of having the vision and strength of judgment to stand out against it.

on stream

In or into operation or existence; available.
在生产；投入生产；存在；出现
more jobs are coming on stream
就业机会越来越多。
Example sentencesExamples
- When it came on stream in July 1997, this was the deepest production well in the world
- The petroleum company's newbuild pipelayer is expected to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year.

Origin

Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein 'to flow'.

Rhymes

abeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream

Definition of stream in US English:

stream

nounstrēmstrim

1A small, narrow river.
小河，小溪
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of tidal action, which in its own way can be a form of marine structure, bays are more akin to rivers and streams than to lakes and reservoirs.
- Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States.
- With hundreds of colour photos and instructions on animal recognition the book is a guide to measuring the health of rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands.
- The rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas of the Great Lakes system are key, because fish and other animal species depend on them for habitat.
- Each day's ride will leave participants breathless as they view deep gorges, whitewater rivers, cool streams, and a variety of wildlife.
- They nest in hardwood stands, almost always on or near rivers, streams, or other wetlands.
- After buying a licence you have hundreds of fishable streams creeks and rivers to fish.
- The flow of that water - in brooks, streams, rivulets, rivers, and lakes - frames much of what makes Kentucky so lush and alluring.
- Approximately 20 million acres of rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands could be at risk.
- No creeks, streams, or rivers ran through any of the study areas.
- It's also a good idea to look out for bays, islands, in-flowing streams and out-flowing rivers.
- Yet violation of the fishing regulations was endemic on nearly all salmon rivers and streams in the three provinces.
- Where the influence of a stream or river is possible, even of short duration, that hypothesis should be considered.
- My chosen tackle for sea trout when fishing small rivers and streams is usually a six weight rod with floating line and a nine foot leader.
- The streams and rivers offer excellent fly fishing for trout and bass; hook a smallmouth on a six weight rod and you're having fun.
- Should by chance the rain keep falling (I can't remember when it last stopped!) bringing the rivers and streams into flood, then all is not lost.
- You also should plant the banks of streams, creeks and rivers with erosion-preventing vegetation.
- As we travelled to Tavistock, we crossed over flooded streams and rivers that all had plenty of colour.
- Anatids inhabit aquatic habitats such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and marshes.
- Having said that, water quality in our lowland streams and rivers is poor, which is something we are working to turn round.
Synonyms
brook, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet
2A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas.
（液体、空气、气体的）流，股，缕
Frank blew out a stream of smoke
弗兰克吹出一缕烟。
the blood gushed out in scarlet streams
鲜红的血一股股涌出。
Example sentencesExamples
- The solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles (electrons and ions) blown constantly from the sun.
- The sun turns into a gigantic eye, from which flows a stream of light that illuminates the speculum of the pool.
- It is understood a stream of air through the property produced a chimney effect, and flames quickly spread.
- A stream of liquid pours in through the broken window.
- I managed to spit out a stream of the sanguine liquid before dodging just in time to miss her foot.
- I spat out a stream of the clear liquid quickly before tumbling out of the bathtub face first as I surfaced.
- She points down to a stream of gasoline flowing out from underneath the car they've taken shelter behind.
- A stream of liquid fell from her eyes and pooled at her lips.
- The device works by creating an electrical charge through a stream of ionized gas, or plasma.
- He breathed heavily through his nose and accidentally shot a stream of liquid mucus onto the table.
- As the train jerked forwards it spilt a stream of its yellow liquid onto the carriage floor.
- But as he looked up a stream of liquid came to his eyes and made them feel as if they were burning.
- A stream of lukewarm liquid trickled onto Ben's tongue and down his throat.
- He then cut his arm with the knife, a stream of crimson blood flowed from his new gash.
- A stream of water flows onto the figure's head; its shiny white beard reflects the light from the kerosene lamp.
- Kaia replied, a stream of tears flowing from her eyes, bright against the firelight.
- Red liquid flowed in tiny streams from his clenched fist, but he didn't seem to notice.
- There was quite a stream of water flowing down the Main Street when I came home from work.
- He noticed a stream of fresh blood flowing down the covers of the bedspread and onto the floor.
- A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow.
Synonyms
jet, flow, rush, gush, surge, spurt, spout, torrent, flood, cascade, fountain, outpouring, outflux, outflow, effusion
1. 2.1 A mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction.
  （人，东西）流动，涌动
  there is a steady stream of visitors
  参观者络绎不绝。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It has seen large streams of visitors since it opened and the organisers are quite pleased with their efforts this year.
  Every day, streams of visitors enter to witness the markings of history.
  And then, in the gathering heat, we returned over country roads, avoiding the long streams of vehicles coming in for the Bank Holiday weekend.
  So, seized with impatience and eager to get the party started, we headed on, following the streams of people going the same direction.
  A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman on foot behind.
  A steady stream of visitors from the school-system hierarchy also thronged the courtroom.
  A steady stream of them continuously marched right down the middle of the log and into Ana's precious ariat.
  Karachi became the first capital of Pakistan, struggling to find its feet and to accommodate the incoming streams of refugees.
  A stream of animals is flowing across the road, raising dust from hundreds and thousands of cloven hooves.
  Armed with a book and ostensibly reading, I had found a good vantage point, as I could monitor the streams of people from both directions.
  Floyd said the Johnson home in Melville was still receiving streams of visitors and appealed to people to make an appointment before visiting the boy.
  There was no far-off hum of constant traffic, no train whistles or car horns, and certainly no distant streams of moving lights from the nearest highway.
  In Britain, steady streams of commuters continued to pay their respects to the victims of the London terrorist bombings.
  Off to the west is what was once Legion Avenue, where steady streams of cars and trucks barrel in from the suburbs or head out to them along twin one-way roads given over entirely to traffic.
  As we departed, we could see streams of people still entering the city from all directions.
  This would enable two streams of traffic to continue in and out of the city, rather than the short-sighted solution of closure.
  Melodious tunes rang out through the day until late afternoon, entertaining streams of visitors and fellow students.
  They have seen streams of refugees from both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, the majority of whom they have played host to.
  Bicycles were again in the spotlight at a local housing estate last week, which day in, day out plays host to a steady stream of fast moving traffic.
  He points out that the great streams of visitors to the Eternal City for the various jubilees have had a large impact on the city and its monuments.
  Synonyms
  crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, mass, body, band, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array
2. 2.2 A large number of things that happen or come one after the other.
  一连串
  a woman screamed a stream of abuse
  一个女人尖声漫骂不止。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses.
  Here, exoinformation was a wedge used to access more direct streams of information.
  Now I'm hugging my friends when they have good news and even cheering on bloggers I don't even know who are running into streams of great good luck.
  Stocks used to have cash flow - a stream of dividends whose regularity, growth, and quality could be assessed.
  There are, as Butcher describes it, ‘three streams of programming.’
  Long streams of dust billowed off the purple and maroon sands, creating huge spreading lines of dust clouds which gradually attenuated until they became invisible.
  The program, like electricity, is a stream of information through molecules and it flows through when the set is turned on.
  They predicted that out of the tent - a temporary casino - would flow a stream of money unlike anything the destitute tribe had ever seen.
  The anti-colonial movement developed great streams of Islamic, social democratic, and socialist thinking.
  More than a fifth of the world's population seek their place in the world within a stream of history that flows from the Koran.
  Just as important, many of the big, sluggish tech companies are throwing off steady streams of cash.
  I had not expected to be defeated by the position, but the combined streams of official correspondence, enquiries from the public, club duties and organising shows were too much for me.
  In the end, Jocelyn adds, nothing is as simple as making steady streams of 8-ft logs.
  Such findings can inject a sense of process by seeing social life in terms of streams of interdependent events and elements.
  During World War Two, Malta was blasted by steady streams of German bombs and one night during an opera performance, the building was hit.
  Such systems coordinate, organize, and then display the myriad streams of data that managers monitor in order to make decisions.
  The contest for client states that reached through Africa, Asia and the Middle East produced sponsored mobs on the streets and incessant streams of competing propaganda.
  It keeps everything in perspective. How can things seem important when there's streams of colour in every direction as far as the eye can see?
  Any innocent comment that previously would go right over my head and be shrugged off will let forth a stream of abuse.
  The notes flowed together like a stream of melody, and the tune was surprisingly more soulful than her rendition.
  Synonyms
  succession, series, string, chain
3Computing
A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.
〔计算机〕流，数据流，指令流
Example sentencesExamples
- The receiver separates the electronic program guide data from the input stream.
- Second, there is a stream of control messages flowing back from the management applications to the agents.
- The problem is not related to a particular batch of processors, or any one instruction or data stream, Grimes said.
- One possibility will be to use compilers to optimise code for a superscalar implementation instead of having the processor work out how to optimise the instruction stream.
- The neat property of this attack is that the capacity of this storage mechanism scales at exactly the same rate as the data stream's rate does.
1. 3.1 A continuous flow of video and audio material transmitted or received over the Internet.
  音像流
  Example sentencesExamples
  You can either listen to the stream or download the mp3.
  But this is all about making content safe, when delivered as a stream or as a file, over the internet.
  The body may be a stream of data, a container of nested parts, or an embedded message.
  I cannot check it as the stream is currently the live programme.
  This technique recovers the whole data stream, which is then decoded.
4British A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught; a track.
〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组
Example sentencesExamples
- The reason, according to Richmond High principal Darlene Macklam, lies in the fact that not all the school's students are enrolled in the academic stream.
- He devoted so much time to amateur dramatics that he slipped from the top stream to the bottom and failed all bar one of his nine O-levels.
- This means the two streams are often taught different subjects in the same room at the same time.
- She's in the top stream at school, and her marks on tests are always great.
- Those not in the A stream are taught at a different pace.
- The posh lump in the top stream all had proper classical music instruments like clarinets and trumpets.
- Instead, her IQ of 109 took her to Ryder Brow Secondary Modern, where she was in top streams despite poor attendance.

verbstrēmstrim

1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.
（液体）流，淌
she sat with tears streaming down her face
她坐在那儿，泪流满面。
sunlight streamed through the windows
〈喻〉阳光透过窗子照射进来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Even inside she could feet its heat pressing in all around her despite the cool air streaming in from the vent.
- I stepped into the shower, the water streaming down over my body, and continued to think about everything.
- A wayward droplet of water streamed down his already soaked arm.
- Water was streaming from the pipes and the door had been blown from its hinges.
- He had just gotten in from the ocean, and water was streaming down his body, dripping onto everything in sight.
- I'll fix that, she smiled, breathing in the fresh air streaming in at her through the open window.
- First, it was just a big block in his throat, then it turned into water streaming down his cheeks.
- Ayden arrived at the hospital out of breath with water streaming down his jacket.
- Only a few rivulets of water were streaming down its sides.
- Sunlight and fresh air streamed inside and instantly she felt better.
- Lanette nodded, salty water streaming down her cheeks.
- He could see little droplets of tears streaming down her face.
- I felt drenched, the water was streaming down my face, and my immaculate hair was soaked.
- The cold air streamed around Lily and blew into her ears.
- It hit Abbey squarely on the face and she instantly had water streaming down her face.
- As the water was streaming down her dry throat, she heard the people begin to talk, though she could hear no words.
- With the windows wide-open and natural light and fresh air streaming into the gallery space, the artworks of Mahlangu come to life.
- In spring, I can feel the currents of cool air streaming toward me carrying odors of herbs and roots.
- I took a step to the right to avoid the vase water streaming in my direction.
- He was waving his arms around, trying to get used to the fact that water was streaming down his face.
Synonyms
flow, pour, course, run, gush, surge, spurt, flood, cascade, sluice
1. 1.1 (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction.
  （人，东西）流动，涌动
  he was watching the taxis streaming past
  他看着出租车一辆接着一辆地驶过。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The news will please Ashurst and Colbury residents, who are dreading the prospect of an extra 4,000 vehicles streaming past their homes every day.
  They all streamed in one direction; down a wide cobblestone street lined with white, picturesque houses.
  They've been streaming across the border in the tens of thousands, and there are more still coming.
  They came streaming over the front line east from Kunduz in a cloud of dust at about 2pm local time, their vehicle lights on and horns blowing.
  The closing minutes and stoppage time produced much in the way of drama, albeit played out against the surreal backdrop of supporters streaming towards the exit.
  A resounding cheer went up from the stupendous mass of people that was streaming through the gates into Hyde Park.
  And they've been streaming across the border all night long.
  The flow of our conversation is interrupted by her friends streaming past at the end of a school day.
  She described it as similar to the New York Marathon, the solid blocks of people streaming across the bridge.
  When noon arrives the room begins to fill again all through the lunch period as the players stream back in to see the results of the morning moves, and the diplomacy begins again for the next day.
  Perhaps it's there to prove that Arabs are streaming over the borders to fight the invading force.
  People are streaming past the windows in both directions.
  ‘I do not expect to see lines of refuges streaming to the borders,’ said Reams.
  One of these occurred earlier this year when, at the very front of the field, gaining the crest of a hill, I caught sight of the hounds streaming up the opposite slope.
  Soon a long line of tractors streamed over the lone bridge connecting Kosovo with Albania.
  Cars weighing 4,000 lb are streaming past you at 30 mph as you stand on the curb.
  East Germans had begun streaming to the West in the late spring.
  But on Tuesday that site seemed perilously close, and most joined the mass of dazed refugees streaming north away from the trade center.
  By the time Sproule completed his hat-trick the home supporters not streaming from the exits were hurling abuse in the direction of their team.
  But it barely registered a response from the frustrated Down supporters who were already streaming out of the exits.
  Synonyms
  pour, surge, flood, swarm, pile, crowd, throng
2. 1.2 (of a person or part of the body) produce a continuous flow of liquid; run with liquid.
  my eyes were streaming
  我泪水涟涟。
  I woke up in the night, streaming with sweat
  我夜里醒来，浑身冒汗。
  with object his mouth was streaming blood
  他的嘴在流血。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She saw a door in the distance, open and streaming with fog.
  Choking back the bile, eyes streaming with tears, I doused cotton balls and tossed them around the attic.
  A third of the sappers and gunners were casualties, and nearly all the mules were dead or streaming with blood.
  Cool and feminine in silk and lace, or clad in casual clothes, streaming with sweat today's woman can be beautiful either way.
  I knew it was my mother before she stepped in, but what I didn't know was that her face was streaming with tears and her cheeks were all blotchy.
  She was glaring up at him, with her green eyes still streaming with tears.
  His face was streaming with tears, eyes front, watching the great man.
  Before long, Lindsey had Kyle laughing again and made him put the thought of his mother's face streaming with tears in the back of his mind.
  She turned her face towards her, and saw her daughter's eyes streaming with tears.
  I looked forward, not realizing my face was streaming with tears until I glanced in the rear-view mirror.
  Her eyes were streaming with tears and she still would not look at him.
  Top marks to poor Frances, streaming with flu, who dragged herself through the exam.
  While thus fettered I was seized and flung down by a heavy sea which retreating suddenly left me lying naked on the sharp shingle from which I rose streaming with blood.
  Jolene looked up at Todd, her eyes streaming with tears.
  I looked down at my elbow and noticed it was streaming with blood.
  The University of Calgary campus this day is streaming with returning students.
  Josiah cried, his cheeks streaming with tears of laughter.
3. 1.3 (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind.
  （头发、衣服等）飘扬，招展
  her black cloak streamed behind her
  她黑色的斗篷在身后飘舞。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her flowing red hair was streaming out the window, the black tips flapping in the wind.
  The dark hair that streamed behind her as she ran seemed oddly familiar.
  Hannah's dark green cloak streamed out behind her as we pushed forward in the wind.
  Molly ran out of the room, her pure blonde hair streaming behind her.
  She swung towards the raucous men, her raven hair streaming behind her.
  Her long golden hair streamed behind her like a golden flag as they galloped across the plains.
  All of the sudden the door was flung open and Lexi burst into the room, hair streaming behind her as she raced across the room to fling her arms around me.
  Master Welms smiled through his light grey eyes, young yet experienced face, and his light brown hair streaming through a soft wind.
  Her dark hair streaming behind her, she rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a bagel and started to aggressively slice it.
  Her hair streamed behind her and fanned out like a cloak and her skirts flew up around her slender legs in a tornado of color.
  Everyone in the dining hall watched as Nina stood from her chair and stormed off, blonde hair streaming behind her like rays of light rippling across a pond.
  Dark black skirts streamed to the ground, gathering lightly on the floor.
  Hair streaming in the wind, cloak rippling out behind him and eyes flashing, he bore down upon the fortifications.
  Emily rolled over and stood up, raising her hands above her head, her long dark brown hair streaming down her back.
  The wind gently blew against her face as she kicked off, swinging into the air, leaving her loose hair streaming behind her.
  She has been depicted as a queen or princess in the same tradition as Boadicea, her hair streaming in the wind as she rides her chariot into war.
  This young lady in her fringed green cowboy suit with boots dyed to match struck me as an image out of time, her blonde hair streaming backwards under her Stetson.
  Sakura raced down the path of the park, her hair streaming like ribbons in the wind, with Sin walking slowly behind her.
  She had blonde hair streaming down to her waist and clear blue eyes.
  She kept saying that the reason she fell was because she was looking up, hoping to catch sight of my wide-brimmed straw hat, with the scarf streaming from it.
  Synonyms
  flutter, float, flap, fly, blow, waft
2Computing
with object Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow.
〔计算机〕流播
Example sentencesExamples
- During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes.
- The hacker hopes his move will make content streamed to Media Player more widely available to users of alternative players on non-Windows platforms.
- Data's streaming when it's moving quickly from one piece of hardware to another and doesn't have to be all in one place for the destination device to do something with it.
- From September, teachers will be able to stream programmes to their classes from the BBC website at any point in the seven days following transmission.
- Lessons can be streamed in real time or recorded for later playback.
- Essentially, it streams the music files on a user's hard drive out onto the Net.
3British Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together; track.
〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组
in the coming school year, we were to be streamed
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a politically correct hostility against streaming students and against grade acceleration.
- The expectations are further reinforced in those school systems where children are streamed by ability.
- Each year was streamed as A, B, or C according to academic ability.
- ‘A lot of these were from schools where they had streamed them almost into a ghetto’, she explains.
- Most secondary schools now stream children according to their ability.
- Donnelly, however, sees no objection to streaming students according to ability and interests, within a school or between schools.
- Pupils are then streamed in each subject according to their ability and aptitude.
- Why should we be so dismissive of the grammar schools selection process when most schools stream students of similar ability for science, maths etc?
- I went to a Scottish school where you were still streamed according to ability to some extent
- At the last of six therapy sessions, Samuel had been streamed within the public school system into a program for creative children.

Phrases

against (or with) the stream

Against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency.
（不）随波逐流，（不）顺应潮流，（不）随大流
a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream
质量追求顺应潮流的世界。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, it isn't the first time that Livingstone has swum against the stream.
- The conception that a Marxist party has to swim against the stream and to fight against the prevailing forms of consciousness is entirely anathema to them.
- I'm going to swim against the stream here and say I don't really understand the fuss about visual quality.
- I had gotten to the point where I felt like I was rowing against the stream.
- He was a quick-witted, well-meaning man who went with the stream instead of having the vision and strength of judgment to stand out against it.
- They've swum against the stream to generate and rebuild a living piece of community.
- In conclusion, the challenge of the day is to go against the stream.
- They cannot help but drift with the stream of success-oriented culture, however unwilling they may be.
- New Zealand will follow a contrary course and move against the stream if this legislation is passed.
- At times he swims against the stream, quite bravely and honestly; at other moments he goes ‘with the flow,’ reinforcing popular prejudices and even backwardness.

on stream

In or into operation or existence; available.
在生产；投入生产；存在；出现
more jobs are coming on stream
就业机会越来越多。
Example sentencesExamples
- When it came on stream in July 1997, this was the deepest production well in the world
- The petroleum company's newbuild pipelayer is expected to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year.

Origin

Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.

单词	stream
释义	Definition of stream in English: stream noun striːmstrim 1A small, narrow river. 小河，小溪 a perfect trout stream Example sentencesExamples With hundreds of colour photos and instructions on animal recognition the book is a guide to measuring the health of rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands. The rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas of the Great Lakes system are key, because fish and other animal species depend on them for habitat. My chosen tackle for sea trout when fishing small rivers and streams is usually a six weight rod with floating line and a nine foot leader. As we travelled to Tavistock, we crossed over flooded streams and rivers that all had plenty of colour. Each day's ride will leave participants breathless as they view deep gorges, whitewater rivers, cool streams, and a variety of wildlife. The streams and rivers offer excellent fly fishing for trout and bass; hook a smallmouth on a six weight rod and you're having fun. Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States. Approximately 20 million acres of rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands could be at risk. It's also a good idea to look out for bays, islands, in-flowing streams and out-flowing rivers. Having said that, water quality in our lowland streams and rivers is poor, which is something we are working to turn round. Yet violation of the fishing regulations was endemic on nearly all salmon rivers and streams in the three provinces. After buying a licence you have hundreds of fishable streams creeks and rivers to fish. The flow of that water - in brooks, streams, rivulets, rivers, and lakes - frames much of what makes Kentucky so lush and alluring. Because of tidal action, which in its own way can be a form of marine structure, bays are more akin to rivers and streams than to lakes and reservoirs. You also should plant the banks of streams, creeks and rivers with erosion-preventing vegetation. Should by chance the rain keep falling (I can't remember when it last stopped!) bringing the rivers and streams into flood, then all is not lost. Anatids inhabit aquatic habitats such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and marshes. They nest in hardwood stands, almost always on or near rivers, streams, or other wetlands. No creeks, streams, or rivers ran through any of the study areas. Where the influence of a stream or river is possible, even of short duration, that hypothesis should be considered. Synonyms brook, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet river, watercourse tributary British winterbourne Scottish &amp Northern English burn Northern English beck British dialect bourn North American &amp Australian/New Zealand creek Australian billabong, anabranch technical influent, confluent rare rillet, brooklet, runlet 2A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas. （液体、空气、气体的）流，股，缕 Frank blew out a stream of smoke 弗兰克吹出一缕烟。 the blood gushed out in scarlet streams 鲜红的血一股股涌出。 Example sentencesExamples The device works by creating an electrical charge through a stream of ionized gas, or plasma. He breathed heavily through his nose and accidentally shot a stream of liquid mucus onto the table. Kaia replied, a stream of tears flowing from her eyes, bright against the firelight. But as he looked up a stream of liquid came to his eyes and made them feel as if they were burning. A stream of water flows onto the figure's head; its shiny white beard reflects the light from the kerosene lamp. She points down to a stream of gasoline flowing out from underneath the car they've taken shelter behind. He then cut his arm with the knife, a stream of crimson blood flowed from his new gash. I managed to spit out a stream of the sanguine liquid before dodging just in time to miss her foot. A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow. There was quite a stream of water flowing down the Main Street when I came home from work. I spat out a stream of the clear liquid quickly before tumbling out of the bathtub face first as I surfaced. The sun turns into a gigantic eye, from which flows a stream of light that illuminates the speculum of the pool. It is understood a stream of air through the property produced a chimney effect, and flames quickly spread. A stream of liquid pours in through the broken window. He noticed a stream of fresh blood flowing down the covers of the bedspread and onto the floor. As the train jerked forwards it spilt a stream of its yellow liquid onto the carriage floor. A stream of liquid fell from her eyes and pooled at her lips. A stream of lukewarm liquid trickled onto Ben's tongue and down his throat. Red liquid flowed in tiny streams from his clenched fist, but he didn't seem to notice. The solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles (electrons and ions) blown constantly from the sun. Synonyms jet, flow, rush, gush, surge, spurt, spout, torrent, flood, cascade, fountain, outpouring, outflux, outflow, effusion current technical efflux 2.1 A mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction. （人，东西）流动，涌动 there is a steady stream of visitors 参观者络绎不绝。 Example sentencesExamples He points out that the great streams of visitors to the Eternal City for the various jubilees have had a large impact on the city and its monuments. Armed with a book and ostensibly reading, I had found a good vantage point, as I could monitor the streams of people from both directions. Every day, streams of visitors enter to witness the markings of history. There was no far-off hum of constant traffic, no train whistles or car horns, and certainly no distant streams of moving lights from the nearest highway. And then, in the gathering heat, we returned over country roads, avoiding the long streams of vehicles coming in for the Bank Holiday weekend. A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman on foot behind. Floyd said the Johnson home in Melville was still receiving streams of visitors and appealed to people to make an appointment before visiting the boy. A steady stream of them continuously marched right down the middle of the log and into Ana's precious ariat. Melodious tunes rang out through the day until late afternoon, entertaining streams of visitors and fellow students. It has seen large streams of visitors since it opened and the organisers are quite pleased with their efforts this year. A steady stream of visitors from the school-system hierarchy also thronged the courtroom. A stream of animals is flowing across the road, raising dust from hundreds and thousands of cloven hooves. This would enable two streams of traffic to continue in and out of the city, rather than the short-sighted solution of closure. Off to the west is what was once Legion Avenue, where steady streams of cars and trucks barrel in from the suburbs or head out to them along twin one-way roads given over entirely to traffic. As we departed, we could see streams of people still entering the city from all directions. So, seized with impatience and eager to get the party started, we headed on, following the streams of people going the same direction. They have seen streams of refugees from both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, the majority of whom they have played host to. In Britain, steady streams of commuters continued to pay their respects to the victims of the London terrorist bombings. Bicycles were again in the spotlight at a local housing estate last week, which day in, day out plays host to a steady stream of fast moving traffic. Karachi became the first capital of Pakistan, struggling to find its feet and to accommodate the incoming streams of refugees. Synonyms crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, mass, body, band, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array 2.2 A large number of things that happen or come one after the other. 一连串 a woman screamed a stream of abuse 一个女人尖声漫骂不止。 Example sentencesExamples There are, as Butcher describes it, ‘three streams of programming.’ The notes flowed together like a stream of melody, and the tune was surprisingly more soulful than her rendition. The anti-colonial movement developed great streams of Islamic, social democratic, and socialist thinking. They predicted that out of the tent - a temporary casino - would flow a stream of money unlike anything the destitute tribe had ever seen. Here, exoinformation was a wedge used to access more direct streams of information. The contest for client states that reached through Africa, Asia and the Middle East produced sponsored mobs on the streets and incessant streams of competing propaganda. Now I'm hugging my friends when they have good news and even cheering on bloggers I don't even know who are running into streams of great good luck. More than a fifth of the world's population seek their place in the world within a stream of history that flows from the Koran. It keeps everything in perspective. How can things seem important when there's streams of colour in every direction as far as the eye can see? The program, like electricity, is a stream of information through molecules and it flows through when the set is turned on. Just as important, many of the big, sluggish tech companies are throwing off steady streams of cash. Long streams of dust billowed off the purple and maroon sands, creating huge spreading lines of dust clouds which gradually attenuated until they became invisible. During World War Two, Malta was blasted by steady streams of German bombs and one night during an opera performance, the building was hit. In the end, Jocelyn adds, nothing is as simple as making steady streams of 8-ft logs. Stocks used to have cash flow - a stream of dividends whose regularity, growth, and quality could be assessed. Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses. Such findings can inject a sense of process by seeing social life in terms of streams of interdependent events and elements. Any innocent comment that previously would go right over my head and be shrugged off will let forth a stream of abuse. Such systems coordinate, organize, and then display the myriad streams of data that managers monitor in order to make decisions. I had not expected to be defeated by the position, but the combined streams of official correspondence, enquiries from the public, club duties and organising shows were too much for me. Synonyms succession, series, string, chain barrage, volley, battery flood, avalanche, torrent, tide, spate 3Computing A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate. 〔计算机〕流，数据流，指令流 Example sentencesExamples The receiver separates the electronic program guide data from the input stream. One possibility will be to use compilers to optimise code for a superscalar implementation instead of having the processor work out how to optimise the instruction stream. Second, there is a stream of control messages flowing back from the management applications to the agents. The neat property of this attack is that the capacity of this storage mechanism scales at exactly the same rate as the data stream's rate does. The problem is not related to a particular batch of processors, or any one instruction or data stream, Grimes said. 3.1 A continuous flow of video and audio material transmitted or received over the Internet. 音像流 Example sentencesExamples But this is all about making content safe, when delivered as a stream or as a file, over the internet. The body may be a stream of data, a container of nested parts, or an embedded message. This technique recovers the whole data stream, which is then decoded. You can either listen to the stream or download the mp3. I cannot check it as the stream is currently the live programme. 4British A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught. 〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组 children in the top streams 高级班儿童。 US term track (sense 7 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples Instead, her IQ of 109 took her to Ryder Brow Secondary Modern, where she was in top streams despite poor attendance. He devoted so much time to amateur dramatics that he slipped from the top stream to the bottom and failed all bar one of his nine O-levels. She's in the top stream at school, and her marks on tests are always great. The reason, according to Richmond High principal Darlene Macklam, lies in the fact that not all the school's students are enrolled in the academic stream. This means the two streams are often taught different subjects in the same room at the same time. The posh lump in the top stream all had proper classical music instruments like clarinets and trumpets. Those not in the A stream are taught at a different pace. verb striːmstrim 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction. （液体）流，淌 she sat with tears streaming down her face 她坐在那儿，泪流满面。 sunlight streamed through the windows 〈喻〉阳光透过窗子照射进来。 Example sentencesExamples I took a step to the right to avoid the vase water streaming in my direction. Ayden arrived at the hospital out of breath with water streaming down his jacket. Sunlight and fresh air streamed inside and instantly she felt better. He had just gotten in from the ocean, and water was streaming down his body, dripping onto everything in sight. With the windows wide-open and natural light and fresh air streaming into the gallery space, the artworks of Mahlangu come to life. As the water was streaming down her dry throat, she heard the people begin to talk, though she could hear no words. In spring, I can feel the currents of cool air streaming toward me carrying odors of herbs and roots. I'll fix that, she smiled, breathing in the fresh air streaming in at her through the open window. Even inside she could feet its heat pressing in all around her despite the cool air streaming in from the vent. Water was streaming from the pipes and the door had been blown from its hinges. I stepped into the shower, the water streaming down over my body, and continued to think about everything. Lanette nodded, salty water streaming down her cheeks. A wayward droplet of water streamed down his already soaked arm. Only a few rivulets of water were streaming down its sides. First, it was just a big block in his throat, then it turned into water streaming down his cheeks. I felt drenched, the water was streaming down my face, and my immaculate hair was soaked. It hit Abbey squarely on the face and she instantly had water streaming down her face. He was waving his arms around, trying to get used to the fact that water was streaming down his face. The cold air streamed around Lily and blew into her ears. He could see little droplets of tears streaming down her face. Synonyms flow, pour, course, run, gush, surge, spurt, flood, cascade, sluice slide, spill, slip, glide, trickle well 1.1 (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction. （人，东西）流动，涌动 he was watching the taxis streaming past 他看着出租车一辆接着一辆地驶过。 Example sentencesExamples And they've been streaming across the border all night long. But it barely registered a response from the frustrated Down supporters who were already streaming out of the exits. But on Tuesday that site seemed perilously close, and most joined the mass of dazed refugees streaming north away from the trade center. East Germans had begun streaming to the West in the late spring. They came streaming over the front line east from Kunduz in a cloud of dust at about 2pm local time, their vehicle lights on and horns blowing. A resounding cheer went up from the stupendous mass of people that was streaming through the gates into Hyde Park. Perhaps it's there to prove that Arabs are streaming over the borders to fight the invading force. The news will please Ashurst and Colbury residents, who are dreading the prospect of an extra 4,000 vehicles streaming past their homes every day. By the time Sproule completed his hat-trick the home supporters not streaming from the exits were hurling abuse in the direction of their team. ‘I do not expect to see lines of refuges streaming to the borders,’ said Reams. The closing minutes and stoppage time produced much in the way of drama, albeit played out against the surreal backdrop of supporters streaming towards the exit. The flow of our conversation is interrupted by her friends streaming past at the end of a school day. One of these occurred earlier this year when, at the very front of the field, gaining the crest of a hill, I caught sight of the hounds streaming up the opposite slope. Cars weighing 4,000 lb are streaming past you at 30 mph as you stand on the curb. She described it as similar to the New York Marathon, the solid blocks of people streaming across the bridge. They've been streaming across the border in the tens of thousands, and there are more still coming. Soon a long line of tractors streamed over the lone bridge connecting Kosovo with Albania. People are streaming past the windows in both directions. They all streamed in one direction; down a wide cobblestone street lined with white, picturesque houses. When noon arrives the room begins to fill again all through the lunch period as the players stream back in to see the results of the morning moves, and the diplomacy begins again for the next day. Synonyms pour, surge, flood, swarm, pile, crowd, throng 1.2no object Run with tears, sweat, or other liquid. （眼泪、汗水或其他液体）流，淌，滴 my eyes were streaming 我泪水涟涟。 I woke up in the night, streaming with sweat 我夜里醒来，浑身冒汗。 with object his mouth was streaming blood 他的嘴在流血。 Example sentencesExamples I knew it was my mother before she stepped in, but what I didn't know was that her face was streaming with tears and her cheeks were all blotchy. Cool and feminine in silk and lace, or clad in casual clothes, streaming with sweat today's woman can be beautiful either way. Her eyes were streaming with tears and she still would not look at him. She turned her face towards her, and saw her daughter's eyes streaming with tears. Choking back the bile, eyes streaming with tears, I doused cotton balls and tossed them around the attic. I looked down at my elbow and noticed it was streaming with blood. His face was streaming with tears, eyes front, watching the great man. Before long, Lindsey had Kyle laughing again and made him put the thought of his mother's face streaming with tears in the back of his mind. Jolene looked up at Todd, her eyes streaming with tears. I looked forward, not realizing my face was streaming with tears until I glanced in the rear-view mirror. Top marks to poor Frances, streaming with flu, who dragged herself through the exam. Josiah cried, his cheeks streaming with tears of laughter. She saw a door in the distance, open and streaming with fog. The University of Calgary campus this day is streaming with returning students. While thus fettered I was seized and flung down by a heavy sea which retreating suddenly left me lying naked on the sharp shingle from which I rose streaming with blood. She was glaring up at him, with her green eyes still streaming with tears. A third of the sappers and gunners were casualties, and nearly all the mules were dead or streaming with blood. 1.3no object (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind. （头发、衣服等）飘扬，招展 her black cloak streamed behind her 她黑色的斗篷在身后飘舞。 Example sentencesExamples She has been depicted as a queen or princess in the same tradition as Boadicea, her hair streaming in the wind as she rides her chariot into war. Her flowing red hair was streaming out the window, the black tips flapping in the wind. Master Welms smiled through his light grey eyes, young yet experienced face, and his light brown hair streaming through a soft wind. Molly ran out of the room, her pure blonde hair streaming behind her. Hair streaming in the wind, cloak rippling out behind him and eyes flashing, he bore down upon the fortifications. She had blonde hair streaming down to her waist and clear blue eyes. Everyone in the dining hall watched as Nina stood from her chair and stormed off, blonde hair streaming behind her like rays of light rippling across a pond. Her dark hair streaming behind her, she rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a bagel and started to aggressively slice it. She kept saying that the reason she fell was because she was looking up, hoping to catch sight of my wide-brimmed straw hat, with the scarf streaming from it. Her hair streamed behind her and fanned out like a cloak and her skirts flew up around her slender legs in a tornado of color. This young lady in her fringed green cowboy suit with boots dyed to match struck me as an image out of time, her blonde hair streaming backwards under her Stetson. Her long golden hair streamed behind her like a golden flag as they galloped across the plains. Dark black skirts streamed to the ground, gathering lightly on the floor. She swung towards the raucous men, her raven hair streaming behind her. Sakura raced down the path of the park, her hair streaming like ribbons in the wind, with Sin walking slowly behind her. Emily rolled over and stood up, raising her hands above her head, her long dark brown hair streaming down her back. All of the sudden the door was flung open and Lexi burst into the room, hair streaming behind her as she raced across the room to fling her arms around me. The wind gently blew against her face as she kicked off, swinging into the air, leaving her loose hair streaming behind her. Hannah's dark green cloak streamed out behind her as we pushed forward in the wind. The dark hair that streamed behind her as she ran seemed oddly familiar. Synonyms flutter, float, flap, fly, blow, waft wave, swing, undulate, ripple 2Computing with object Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow. 〔计算机〕流播 Example sentencesExamples During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes. Lessons can be streamed in real time or recorded for later playback. The hacker hopes his move will make content streamed to Media Player more widely available to users of alternative players on non-Windows platforms. From September, teachers will be able to stream programmes to their classes from the BBC website at any point in the seven days following transmission. Essentially, it streams the music files on a user's hard drive out onto the Net. Data's streaming when it's moving quickly from one piece of hardware to another and doesn't have to be all in one place for the destination device to do something with it. 3British with object Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together. 〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组 in the coming school year, we were to be streamed US term track (sense 4 of the verb) Example sentencesExamples Donnelly, however, sees no objection to streaming students according to ability and interests, within a school or between schools. There is a politically correct hostility against streaming students and against grade acceleration. Why should we be so dismissive of the grammar schools selection process when most schools stream students of similar ability for science, maths etc? The expectations are further reinforced in those school systems where children are streamed by ability. ‘A lot of these were from schools where they had streamed them almost into a ghetto’, she explains. Most secondary schools now stream children according to their ability. I went to a Scottish school where you were still streamed according to ability to some extent At the last of six therapy sessions, Samuel had been streamed within the public school system into a program for creative children. Each year was streamed as A, B, or C according to academic ability. Pupils are then streamed in each subject according to their ability and aptitude. Phrases against (or with) the stream Against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency. （不）随波逐流，（不）顺应潮流，（不）随大流 a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream 质量追求顺应潮流的世界。 Example sentencesExamples I had gotten to the point where I felt like I was rowing against the stream. The conception that a Marxist party has to swim against the stream and to fight against the prevailing forms of consciousness is entirely anathema to them. I'm going to swim against the stream here and say I don't really understand the fuss about visual quality. They've swum against the stream to generate and rebuild a living piece of community. They cannot help but drift with the stream of success-oriented culture, however unwilling they may be. Of course, it isn't the first time that Livingstone has swum against the stream. At times he swims against the stream, quite bravely and honestly; at other moments he goes ‘with the flow,’ reinforcing popular prejudices and even backwardness. New Zealand will follow a contrary course and move against the stream if this legislation is passed. In conclusion, the challenge of the day is to go against the stream. He was a quick-witted, well-meaning man who went with the stream instead of having the vision and strength of judgment to stand out against it. on stream In or into operation or existence; available. 在生产；投入生产；存在；出现 more jobs are coming on stream 就业机会越来越多。 Example sentencesExamples When it came on stream in July 1997, this was the deepest production well in the world The petroleum company's newbuild pipelayer is expected to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year. Origin Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein 'to flow'. Rhymes abeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream noun.1 phr. Definition of stream in US English: stream nounstrēmstrim 1A small, narrow river. 小河，小溪 Example sentencesExamples Because of tidal action, which in its own way can be a form of marine structure, bays are more akin to rivers and streams than to lakes and reservoirs. Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States. With hundreds of colour photos and instructions on animal recognition the book is a guide to measuring the health of rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands. The rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas of the Great Lakes system are key, because fish and other animal species depend on them for habitat. Each day's ride will leave participants breathless as they view deep gorges, whitewater rivers, cool streams, and a variety of wildlife. They nest in hardwood stands, almost always on or near rivers, streams, or other wetlands. After buying a licence you have hundreds of fishable streams creeks and rivers to fish. The flow of that water - in brooks, streams, rivulets, rivers, and lakes - frames much of what makes Kentucky so lush and alluring. Approximately 20 million acres of rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands could be at risk. No creeks, streams, or rivers ran through any of the study areas. It's also a good idea to look out for bays, islands, in-flowing streams and out-flowing rivers. Yet violation of the fishing regulations was endemic on nearly all salmon rivers and streams in the three provinces. Where the influence of a stream or river is possible, even of short duration, that hypothesis should be considered. My chosen tackle for sea trout when fishing small rivers and streams is usually a six weight rod with floating line and a nine foot leader. The streams and rivers offer excellent fly fishing for trout and bass; hook a smallmouth on a six weight rod and you're having fun. Should by chance the rain keep falling (I can't remember when it last stopped!) bringing the rivers and streams into flood, then all is not lost. You also should plant the banks of streams, creeks and rivers with erosion-preventing vegetation. As we travelled to Tavistock, we crossed over flooded streams and rivers that all had plenty of colour. Anatids inhabit aquatic habitats such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and marshes. Having said that, water quality in our lowland streams and rivers is poor, which is something we are working to turn round. Synonyms brook, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet 2A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas. （液体、空气、气体的）流，股，缕 Frank blew out a stream of smoke 弗兰克吹出一缕烟。 the blood gushed out in scarlet streams 鲜红的血一股股涌出。 Example sentencesExamples The solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles (electrons and ions) blown constantly from the sun. The sun turns into a gigantic eye, from which flows a stream of light that illuminates the speculum of the pool. It is understood a stream of air through the property produced a chimney effect, and flames quickly spread. A stream of liquid pours in through the broken window. I managed to spit out a stream of the sanguine liquid before dodging just in time to miss her foot. I spat out a stream of the clear liquid quickly before tumbling out of the bathtub face first as I surfaced. She points down to a stream of gasoline flowing out from underneath the car they've taken shelter behind. A stream of liquid fell from her eyes and pooled at her lips. The device works by creating an electrical charge through a stream of ionized gas, or plasma. He breathed heavily through his nose and accidentally shot a stream of liquid mucus onto the table. As the train jerked forwards it spilt a stream of its yellow liquid onto the carriage floor. But as he looked up a stream of liquid came to his eyes and made them feel as if they were burning. A stream of lukewarm liquid trickled onto Ben's tongue and down his throat. He then cut his arm with the knife, a stream of crimson blood flowed from his new gash. A stream of water flows onto the figure's head; its shiny white beard reflects the light from the kerosene lamp. Kaia replied, a stream of tears flowing from her eyes, bright against the firelight. Red liquid flowed in tiny streams from his clenched fist, but he didn't seem to notice. There was quite a stream of water flowing down the Main Street when I came home from work. He noticed a stream of fresh blood flowing down the covers of the bedspread and onto the floor. A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow. Synonyms jet, flow, rush, gush, surge, spurt, spout, torrent, flood, cascade, fountain, outpouring, outflux, outflow, effusion 2.1 A mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction. （人，东西）流动，涌动 there is a steady stream of visitors 参观者络绎不绝。 Example sentencesExamples It has seen large streams of visitors since it opened and the organisers are quite pleased with their efforts this year. Every day, streams of visitors enter to witness the markings of history. And then, in the gathering heat, we returned over country roads, avoiding the long streams of vehicles coming in for the Bank Holiday weekend. So, seized with impatience and eager to get the party started, we headed on, following the streams of people going the same direction. A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman on foot behind. A steady stream of visitors from the school-system hierarchy also thronged the courtroom. A steady stream of them continuously marched right down the middle of the log and into Ana's precious ariat. Karachi became the first capital of Pakistan, struggling to find its feet and to accommodate the incoming streams of refugees. A stream of animals is flowing across the road, raising dust from hundreds and thousands of cloven hooves. Armed with a book and ostensibly reading, I had found a good vantage point, as I could monitor the streams of people from both directions. Floyd said the Johnson home in Melville was still receiving streams of visitors and appealed to people to make an appointment before visiting the boy. There was no far-off hum of constant traffic, no train whistles or car horns, and certainly no distant streams of moving lights from the nearest highway. In Britain, steady streams of commuters continued to pay their respects to the victims of the London terrorist bombings. Off to the west is what was once Legion Avenue, where steady streams of cars and trucks barrel in from the suburbs or head out to them along twin one-way roads given over entirely to traffic. As we departed, we could see streams of people still entering the city from all directions. This would enable two streams of traffic to continue in and out of the city, rather than the short-sighted solution of closure. Melodious tunes rang out through the day until late afternoon, entertaining streams of visitors and fellow students. They have seen streams of refugees from both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, the majority of whom they have played host to. Bicycles were again in the spotlight at a local housing estate last week, which day in, day out plays host to a steady stream of fast moving traffic. He points out that the great streams of visitors to the Eternal City for the various jubilees have had a large impact on the city and its monuments. Synonyms crowd, swarm, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, mass, body, band, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array 2.2 A large number of things that happen or come one after the other. 一连串 a woman screamed a stream of abuse 一个女人尖声漫骂不止。 Example sentencesExamples Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses. Here, exoinformation was a wedge used to access more direct streams of information. Now I'm hugging my friends when they have good news and even cheering on bloggers I don't even know who are running into streams of great good luck. Stocks used to have cash flow - a stream of dividends whose regularity, growth, and quality could be assessed. There are, as Butcher describes it, ‘three streams of programming.’ Long streams of dust billowed off the purple and maroon sands, creating huge spreading lines of dust clouds which gradually attenuated until they became invisible. The program, like electricity, is a stream of information through molecules and it flows through when the set is turned on. They predicted that out of the tent - a temporary casino - would flow a stream of money unlike anything the destitute tribe had ever seen. The anti-colonial movement developed great streams of Islamic, social democratic, and socialist thinking. More than a fifth of the world's population seek their place in the world within a stream of history that flows from the Koran. Just as important, many of the big, sluggish tech companies are throwing off steady streams of cash. I had not expected to be defeated by the position, but the combined streams of official correspondence, enquiries from the public, club duties and organising shows were too much for me. In the end, Jocelyn adds, nothing is as simple as making steady streams of 8-ft logs. Such findings can inject a sense of process by seeing social life in terms of streams of interdependent events and elements. During World War Two, Malta was blasted by steady streams of German bombs and one night during an opera performance, the building was hit. Such systems coordinate, organize, and then display the myriad streams of data that managers monitor in order to make decisions. The contest for client states that reached through Africa, Asia and the Middle East produced sponsored mobs on the streets and incessant streams of competing propaganda. It keeps everything in perspective. How can things seem important when there's streams of colour in every direction as far as the eye can see? Any innocent comment that previously would go right over my head and be shrugged off will let forth a stream of abuse. The notes flowed together like a stream of melody, and the tune was surprisingly more soulful than her rendition. Synonyms succession, series, string, chain 3Computing A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate. 〔计算机〕流，数据流，指令流 Example sentencesExamples The receiver separates the electronic program guide data from the input stream. Second, there is a stream of control messages flowing back from the management applications to the agents. The problem is not related to a particular batch of processors, or any one instruction or data stream, Grimes said. One possibility will be to use compilers to optimise code for a superscalar implementation instead of having the processor work out how to optimise the instruction stream. The neat property of this attack is that the capacity of this storage mechanism scales at exactly the same rate as the data stream's rate does. 3.1 A continuous flow of video and audio material transmitted or received over the Internet. 音像流 Example sentencesExamples You can either listen to the stream or download the mp3. But this is all about making content safe, when delivered as a stream or as a file, over the internet. The body may be a stream of data, a container of nested parts, or an embedded message. I cannot check it as the stream is currently the live programme. This technique recovers the whole data stream, which is then decoded. 4British A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught; a track. 〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组 Example sentencesExamples The reason, according to Richmond High principal Darlene Macklam, lies in the fact that not all the school's students are enrolled in the academic stream. He devoted so much time to amateur dramatics that he slipped from the top stream to the bottom and failed all bar one of his nine O-levels. This means the two streams are often taught different subjects in the same room at the same time. She's in the top stream at school, and her marks on tests are always great. Those not in the A stream are taught at a different pace. The posh lump in the top stream all had proper classical music instruments like clarinets and trumpets. Instead, her IQ of 109 took her to Ryder Brow Secondary Modern, where she was in top streams despite poor attendance. verbstrēmstrim 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction. （液体）流，淌 she sat with tears streaming down her face 她坐在那儿，泪流满面。 sunlight streamed through the windows 〈喻〉阳光透过窗子照射进来。 Example sentencesExamples Even inside she could feet its heat pressing in all around her despite the cool air streaming in from the vent. I stepped into the shower, the water streaming down over my body, and continued to think about everything. A wayward droplet of water streamed down his already soaked arm. Water was streaming from the pipes and the door had been blown from its hinges. He had just gotten in from the ocean, and water was streaming down his body, dripping onto everything in sight. I'll fix that, she smiled, breathing in the fresh air streaming in at her through the open window. First, it was just a big block in his throat, then it turned into water streaming down his cheeks. Ayden arrived at the hospital out of breath with water streaming down his jacket. Only a few rivulets of water were streaming down its sides. Sunlight and fresh air streamed inside and instantly she felt better. Lanette nodded, salty water streaming down her cheeks. He could see little droplets of tears streaming down her face. I felt drenched, the water was streaming down my face, and my immaculate hair was soaked. The cold air streamed around Lily and blew into her ears. It hit Abbey squarely on the face and she instantly had water streaming down her face. As the water was streaming down her dry throat, she heard the people begin to talk, though she could hear no words. With the windows wide-open and natural light and fresh air streaming into the gallery space, the artworks of Mahlangu come to life. In spring, I can feel the currents of cool air streaming toward me carrying odors of herbs and roots. I took a step to the right to avoid the vase water streaming in my direction. He was waving his arms around, trying to get used to the fact that water was streaming down his face. Synonyms flow, pour, course, run, gush, surge, spurt, flood, cascade, sluice 1.1 (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction. （人，东西）流动，涌动 he was watching the taxis streaming past 他看着出租车一辆接着一辆地驶过。 Example sentencesExamples The news will please Ashurst and Colbury residents, who are dreading the prospect of an extra 4,000 vehicles streaming past their homes every day. They all streamed in one direction; down a wide cobblestone street lined with white, picturesque houses. They've been streaming across the border in the tens of thousands, and there are more still coming. They came streaming over the front line east from Kunduz in a cloud of dust at about 2pm local time, their vehicle lights on and horns blowing. The closing minutes and stoppage time produced much in the way of drama, albeit played out against the surreal backdrop of supporters streaming towards the exit. A resounding cheer went up from the stupendous mass of people that was streaming through the gates into Hyde Park. And they've been streaming across the border all night long. The flow of our conversation is interrupted by her friends streaming past at the end of a school day. She described it as similar to the New York Marathon, the solid blocks of people streaming across the bridge. When noon arrives the room begins to fill again all through the lunch period as the players stream back in to see the results of the morning moves, and the diplomacy begins again for the next day. Perhaps it's there to prove that Arabs are streaming over the borders to fight the invading force. People are streaming past the windows in both directions. ‘I do not expect to see lines of refuges streaming to the borders,’ said Reams. One of these occurred earlier this year when, at the very front of the field, gaining the crest of a hill, I caught sight of the hounds streaming up the opposite slope. Soon a long line of tractors streamed over the lone bridge connecting Kosovo with Albania. Cars weighing 4,000 lb are streaming past you at 30 mph as you stand on the curb. East Germans had begun streaming to the West in the late spring. But on Tuesday that site seemed perilously close, and most joined the mass of dazed refugees streaming north away from the trade center. By the time Sproule completed his hat-trick the home supporters not streaming from the exits were hurling abuse in the direction of their team. But it barely registered a response from the frustrated Down supporters who were already streaming out of the exits. Synonyms pour, surge, flood, swarm, pile, crowd, throng 1.2 (of a person or part of the body) produce a continuous flow of liquid; run with liquid. my eyes were streaming 我泪水涟涟。 I woke up in the night, streaming with sweat 我夜里醒来，浑身冒汗。 with object his mouth was streaming blood 他的嘴在流血。 Example sentencesExamples She saw a door in the distance, open and streaming with fog. Choking back the bile, eyes streaming with tears, I doused cotton balls and tossed them around the attic. A third of the sappers and gunners were casualties, and nearly all the mules were dead or streaming with blood. Cool and feminine in silk and lace, or clad in casual clothes, streaming with sweat today's woman can be beautiful either way. I knew it was my mother before she stepped in, but what I didn't know was that her face was streaming with tears and her cheeks were all blotchy. She was glaring up at him, with her green eyes still streaming with tears. His face was streaming with tears, eyes front, watching the great man. Before long, Lindsey had Kyle laughing again and made him put the thought of his mother's face streaming with tears in the back of his mind. She turned her face towards her, and saw her daughter's eyes streaming with tears. I looked forward, not realizing my face was streaming with tears until I glanced in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were streaming with tears and she still would not look at him. Top marks to poor Frances, streaming with flu, who dragged herself through the exam. While thus fettered I was seized and flung down by a heavy sea which retreating suddenly left me lying naked on the sharp shingle from which I rose streaming with blood. Jolene looked up at Todd, her eyes streaming with tears. I looked down at my elbow and noticed it was streaming with blood. The University of Calgary campus this day is streaming with returning students. Josiah cried, his cheeks streaming with tears of laughter. 1.3 (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind. （头发、衣服等）飘扬，招展 her black cloak streamed behind her 她黑色的斗篷在身后飘舞。 Example sentencesExamples Her flowing red hair was streaming out the window, the black tips flapping in the wind. The dark hair that streamed behind her as she ran seemed oddly familiar. Hannah's dark green cloak streamed out behind her as we pushed forward in the wind. Molly ran out of the room, her pure blonde hair streaming behind her. She swung towards the raucous men, her raven hair streaming behind her. Her long golden hair streamed behind her like a golden flag as they galloped across the plains. All of the sudden the door was flung open and Lexi burst into the room, hair streaming behind her as she raced across the room to fling her arms around me. Master Welms smiled through his light grey eyes, young yet experienced face, and his light brown hair streaming through a soft wind. Her dark hair streaming behind her, she rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a bagel and started to aggressively slice it. Her hair streamed behind her and fanned out like a cloak and her skirts flew up around her slender legs in a tornado of color. Everyone in the dining hall watched as Nina stood from her chair and stormed off, blonde hair streaming behind her like rays of light rippling across a pond. Dark black skirts streamed to the ground, gathering lightly on the floor. Hair streaming in the wind, cloak rippling out behind him and eyes flashing, he bore down upon the fortifications. Emily rolled over and stood up, raising her hands above her head, her long dark brown hair streaming down her back. The wind gently blew against her face as she kicked off, swinging into the air, leaving her loose hair streaming behind her. She has been depicted as a queen or princess in the same tradition as Boadicea, her hair streaming in the wind as she rides her chariot into war. This young lady in her fringed green cowboy suit with boots dyed to match struck me as an image out of time, her blonde hair streaming backwards under her Stetson. Sakura raced down the path of the park, her hair streaming like ribbons in the wind, with Sin walking slowly behind her. She had blonde hair streaming down to her waist and clear blue eyes. She kept saying that the reason she fell was because she was looking up, hoping to catch sight of my wide-brimmed straw hat, with the scarf streaming from it. Synonyms flutter, float, flap, fly, blow, waft 2Computing with object Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow. 〔计算机〕流播 Example sentencesExamples During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes. The hacker hopes his move will make content streamed to Media Player more widely available to users of alternative players on non-Windows platforms. Data's streaming when it's moving quickly from one piece of hardware to another and doesn't have to be all in one place for the destination device to do something with it. From September, teachers will be able to stream programmes to their classes from the BBC website at any point in the seven days following transmission. Lessons can be streamed in real time or recorded for later playback. Essentially, it streams the music files on a user's hard drive out onto the Net. 3British Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together; track. 〈英〉（年龄和能力相仿的儿童分在一起的）能力小组 in the coming school year, we were to be streamed Example sentencesExamples There is a politically correct hostility against streaming students and against grade acceleration. The expectations are further reinforced in those school systems where children are streamed by ability. Each year was streamed as A, B, or C according to academic ability. ‘A lot of these were from schools where they had streamed them almost into a ghetto’, she explains. Most secondary schools now stream children according to their ability. Donnelly, however, sees no objection to streaming students according to ability and interests, within a school or between schools. Pupils are then streamed in each subject according to their ability and aptitude. Why should we be so dismissive of the grammar schools selection process when most schools stream students of similar ability for science, maths etc? I went to a Scottish school where you were still streamed according to ability to some extent At the last of six therapy sessions, Samuel had been streamed within the public school system into a program for creative children. Phrases against (or with) the stream Against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency. （不）随波逐流，（不）顺应潮流，（不）随大流 a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream 质量追求顺应潮流的世界。 Example sentencesExamples Of course, it isn't the first time that Livingstone has swum against the stream. The conception that a Marxist party has to swim against the stream and to fight against the prevailing forms of consciousness is entirely anathema to them. I'm going to swim against the stream here and say I don't really understand the fuss about visual quality. I had gotten to the point where I felt like I was rowing against the stream. He was a quick-witted, well-meaning man who went with the stream instead of having the vision and strength of judgment to stand out against it. They've swum against the stream to generate and rebuild a living piece of community. In conclusion, the challenge of the day is to go against the stream. They cannot help but drift with the stream of success-oriented culture, however unwilling they may be. New Zealand will follow a contrary course and move against the stream if this legislation is passed. At times he swims against the stream, quite bravely and honestly; at other moments he goes ‘with the flow,’ reinforcing popular prejudices and even backwardness. on stream In or into operation or existence; available. 在生产；投入生产；存在；出现 more jobs are coming on stream 就业机会越来越多。 Example sentencesExamples When it came on stream in July 1997, this was the deepest production well in the world The petroleum company's newbuild pipelayer is expected to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year. Origin Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’. noun.1 phr.
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