Flowing
“Flowing” 本义指液体、空气或人群持续移动,如 a flowing river(流淌的河)。引申为谈话、写作、音乐“顺畅”,或衣裙、发型“飘逸”,如 flowing prose(流畅的文风)、flowing hair(飘逸长发)。
- “The conversation was flowing easily after the first awkward minute.” (尴尬的一分钟过后,谈话就顺畅起来了。)
- “She wore a flowing dress that moved with every step.” (她穿着一步一飘的长裙。)
- “Traffic kept flowing despite the minor accident on the shoulder.” (尽管路肩有小事故,车流仍保持畅通。)
“Flow” 源自古英语 flōwan,与液体运动相关;比喻义“顺畅、连贯”由水流的连续感自然延伸。
“-ing” 表示正在流动或具有流动特质的形容词;词干 “flow” 为简短动词,无独立前缀。
在瑜伽与心理学中 “flow state”(心流)指全神贯注、行云流水;时尚与文学中也常用 flowing 形容优雅、无阻滞感。
- 固定搭配: “flowing water” (流水), “flowing conversation” (畅快的交谈), “free-flowing” (自由流动的)
- 原形: flow
- 名词: flow
flow(流)+ -ing:正在流动或显得飘逸顺畅,就是 flowing。
“With ideas flowing and wine flowing, the dinner stretched late into the night.” (灵感与美酒一并涌流,晚餐一直持续到深夜。)