stream
noun/striːm/
Слово англійською: stream
Переклад stream українською: течія́, струмо́к
Детальний опис
- a small, narrow river
- a mountain stream
- We waded across a shallow stream.
- Our rivers and streams are polluted with a host of chemicals.
- a continuous flow of liquid or gas
- a jet stream
- stream of something A stream of blood flowed from the wound.
- He blew out a stream of cigar smoke.
- a continuous flow of people or vehicles
- stream of something/somebody I've had a steady stream of visitors.
- a continuous stream of people/traffic
- in a stream Cars filed past in an endless stream.
- a continuous supply of something; a large number of things that happen one after the other
- stream of something The agency provided me with a steady stream of work.
- a constant stream of enquiries
- Most of the letter consisted of a stream of abuse.
- (computing) a continuous flow of video or sound sent over the internet; a continuous flow of computer data or instructions
- You can listen to the live audio stream.
- (especially British English) a group of students of the same age and level of ability in some schools
- She was put into the fast stream.
Word OriginOld English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.
Idioms
be/come on stream
- to be in operation or available
- The new computer system comes on stream next month.