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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

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  1. 1. verb [流动] flow
    drift
  2. 2. verb [传播] spread
  3. 3. verb [转变] change for the worse
  4. 4. verb [发配] banish
    exile
  5. 5. noun [水流] current
    torrent
  6. 6. noun [等级] grade

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

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  1. 1. verb (of liquid) flow; pour; run
    医疗条件不好,好多人伤口都脓。
    小孩在口水。
    他的伤口开始血。
    得很慢。
    shed tears
    鼻涕
    have a running nose
    perspire; sweat
    伤口脓。
    The wound is festering.
    得很快。
    The water is flowing very fast.
  2. 2. verb moving from place to place; drifting; wandering
    (of air, money, commodities, etc.) circulate
  3. 3. verb spread; circulate
    pread; circulate; hand down
  4. 4. verb change for the worse; degenerate
  5. 5. verb banish; send into exile
    banish; send into exile
    十二月党人被放了。
  6. 6. noun, stream of water; current
    rivers
  7. 7. noun, sth. resem-bling a stream of water; current
    electric current
  8. 8. noun, class; rate; grade
    这是我们公司的一产品。
    他的演讲是一水平。
    作品
    a first-rate (literary) work
    作家
    a first-class writer

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

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  1. 1. 水或其他液体移动
    水向东
    满面
    不止
    淌。
  2. 2. 没有固定方向地移动
    弹(dàn)
    浪。
  3. 3. 传下来;传播
    芳百世
    行。
  4. 4. 趋向(不好的方面)
    于庸俗
    于一般。
  5. 5. 水道中的
    投鞭断
  6. 6. 像水一样移动的东西
  7. 7. 指江河水离开源头以后的部分(跟"源"相区别)
    源远
    开源节
  8. 8. 分支;派别;等级
    三教九
    作品
    演员。
  9. 9. 古代一种刑罚,把犯人押送到边远荒凉的地方
    刑。
  10. 10. 水那样顺畅
    利。
  11. 11. 明的简称。

Examples

她觉得两眼发酸,泪水止不住了下来。
She felt a tingle in her eyes and could hardly keep from shedding tears. 发酸
溪水哗哗地
The stream went gurgling on.
口水
slobber 口水
了很多血。
He lost a lot of blood. 流血
我脸擦破了,略微了点血。
I got a scratch on my face and it bled a little. 略微
溪水从山上下来。
The stream flows down from the mountain. 下来
血从伤口出来了。
Blood was flowing from the wound.
眼泪
shed tears 眼泪
眼泪抑止不住直往下
can't hold back one's tears 抑止
大庆石油通过这条输油管源源不断地往北京。
Through this pipeline, crude oil flows from Daqing to Beijing in a steady stream. 源源

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