currents

英 [ˈkʌrənts]

美 [ˈkɜrənts]

n.  (海洋或江河的)水流; 气流; 电流; 思潮; 潮流; 趋向
current的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (河、湖或海的)水流，潮流
  Acurrentis a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
  1. Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west...
     在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
  2. The couple were swept away by the strong current.
     这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。
• N-COUNT 气流
  Acurrentis a steady flowing movement of air.
  1. I felt a current of cool air blowing in my face.
     我觉得脸上有一阵冷风吹过。
• N-COUNT 电流
  An electriccurrentis a flow of electricity through a wire or circuit.
  1. A powerful electric current is passed through a piece of graphite.
     给一块石墨通入强电流。
• N-COUNT 思潮;潮流;趋向
  A particularcurrentis a particular feeling, idea, or quality that exists within a group of people.
  1. Each party represents a distinct current of thought...
     每个党派代表一种不同的思潮。
  2. A strong current of nationalism runs through ideology and politics in the Arab world.
     一股强烈的民族主义思潮涌入阿拉伯世界的思想体系和政治体系。
• ADJ 现时的;当前的;进行中的
  Currentmeans happening, being used, or being done at the present time.
  1. The current situation is very different to that in 1990...
     当前的形势与1990年截然不同。
  2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies...
     他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  3. When asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative.
     当你被问及对目前工作的看法时，绝不要表现得消极。
• ADJ 通用的;流通的;流行的
  Ideas and customs that arecurrentare generally accepted and used by most people.
  1. Current thinking suggests that toxins only have a small part to play in the build up of cellulite...
     目前普遍认为，毒素对皮下脂肪团堆积影响不大。
  2. This custom was still current in the late 1960s.
     这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。
• See also:alternating currentdirect current

双语例句

• Now that we know the magnitude of all currents in this circuit.
  既然我们知道在此回路中的所有电流的大小。
• Tides and ocean currents, which remain constant, have no effect on the correction for vehicle speed changes.
  保持不变的潮泛和海流对校正运动体速度的改变没有影响。
• Solid-state devices are always powered by direct currents and voltages.
  固体状态设备总是以直流和电压为动力。
• The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs.
  汽艇穿过激流，绕过险滩。
• Oersted demonstrated that electric currents could produce magnetic effects.
  奥斯忒表演了电流能引起磁效应。
• After seven days on the Indian Ocean, all the winds and currents stopped completely.
  船在印度洋上航行了七天之后，所有的风和洋流都停止了。
• In convection, hot currents flow upwards.
  上升的烟柱和热气流在对流中热气流向上运动。
• Even high resistance paths between low current conductors and nearby voltage sources can generate significant leakage currents.
  即使小电流导体和附件电压源之间的高阻通路也会产生明显的漏流。
• Many life processes involve alternating voltages and currents.
  许多生命过程涉及到交变电压和交变电流。
• Currents thus leak away, and signals are degraded.
  这就发生了电流泄漏，从而降低了信号强度。