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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fluent ['fluːənt]
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1.
adj
able to speak or write a specified foreign language with facility
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2.
adj
spoken or written with facility
- his French is fluent
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3.
adj
easy and graceful in motion or shape
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4.
adj
flowing or able to flow freely
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5.
adj
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin: flowing, from fluere to flow
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1.
adj
able to speak or write a specified foreign language with facility
Examples
- to speak fluent French, be fluent in French
- 讲流利的法语 → fluent
- fluent verse
- 流畅的诗作 → fluent
- He studied German for nine years, so he is fluent.
- 他学了九年的德语，因此德语很是流利。
- He used to speak fluent German, but I think it's gone off, maybe the lack of practice.
- 以前他的德语很流利，但我觉得他现在的水平已经大不如前了，估计是缺少练习造成的。
- The clerk at the front desk speaks fluent English.
- 前台的职员可以讲流利的英语。 → clerk
- he's a fluent speaker/reader
- 他是个说话/阅读流利的人 → fluent
- his French is fluent → fluent
- 他操一口流利的英语。
- He speaks fluent English. → 操
- 口齿伶俐
- be fluent and eloquent → 口齿
- 她说一口流利的英语。
- She speaks fluent English. → 流利
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