1·The river is flowing slowly.
河水缓缓地流动。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·The goal is to get the words flowing.
这样做的目的是让文字流动起来。
3·If there were flowing water in the cave, it would dissolve the gypsum.
如果洞穴里有流动的水,它会溶解石膏。
4·Regularly flowing rivers and streams that originate within arid lands are known as "endogenous".
起源于干旱地区的流动性河流和溪流通常被称为“内源河流”。
5·The air flowing over a bird's wings curls upwards behind the wingtips, a phenomenon known as upwash.
流过鸟翅膀的空气在翼尖后向上流动,这种现象被称为上升流。
6·Wind movements are also modified in cities because buildings increase the friction on air flowing around them.
风向在城市里也会改变,因为建筑物增加了它们周围流动的空气的摩擦力。
7·More important for our discussion, wetland areas support a lot more varieties of life than swiftly flowing water.
更重要的是,湿地地区,与流动的水域相比,能供养更多种类的生命。
8·In particularly wet years, short stretches of an otherwise dry stream-bed may have flowing water because the water table rises to intersect the land surface.
在气候特别湿润的年月里,平常干涸的河床下游可能会有水流动,因为地下水在那里位抬升到了地表以上。
9·The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered the dam removed after concluding that the environmental and economic benefits of a free-flowing river outweighed the electricity generated by the dam.
美国联邦能源监管委员会得出结论说,一条自由流动的河流所带来的环境和经济效益超过了大坝产生的电力,因此下令拆除大坝。
10·She shook her long, flowing locks.
她抖了抖她那飘逸的长发。
—— 《牛津词典》