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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The analysis of measured data and sedimentary records shows that strong contour currents occur in the Bay of Bengal.
  实地观测和对沉积记录的研究表明，孟加拉湾存在强大的等深流活动。
• Her synthesis of feminism and socialism ran counter to all other historical currents.
  她将女权主义和社会主义的结合与所有其他的历史潮流背道而驰。
• 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。
• For detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.
  探测比较和测量小的电流。
• 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。
• When the secondary circuit is closed, both primary and secondary currents set up a flux in the core.
  当次级电路接通时，初级电流和次级电流都在铁芯内建立了一个磁通量。
• Similarly, magnetic fields are generated by electric currents and by time-varying electric fields.
  相仿地，磁场由电流和随时间变化的电场产生。