current英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. countable,uncountable

— The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live.
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current. countable,uncountable
Ellipsis of electric current. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
Ellipsis of electric current.; electricity, power in general. South-Asia,broadly,countable,uncountable
A tendency or a course of events. countable,uncountable

形容词 adj.

Existing or occurring at the moment.

— current events
Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.

— current affairs
Electric; of or relating to electricity. South-Asia

— current bill
Running or moving rapidly. obsolete

— For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

词形变化

currents plural currenter comparative more current comparative currentest superlative most current superlative

词汇关系

衍生词

account current alternating current Birkeland current branch current method California Current call-with-current-continuation charged current convective current countercurrent crosscurrent current balance current divider currentless current money current sheet current-traditionalism current-traditionalist current-traditional rhetoric currentwise dark current direct current displacement current down-current downcurrent Earth current eddy current electrical current electric current fault current Foucault current four-current funny current induced current injury current intercurrent Japan Current Kirchhoff's current law leakage current macrocurrent mesh current microcurrent multicurrent nanocurrent neutral current ocean current Okhotsk Current overcurrent Oyashio Current pacemaker current palaeocurrent paleocurrent pass current phasing current photocurrent Planck current price-current pyroclastic density current Red Current residual-current device return current rip current saturation current sneak current subcurrent substorm current wedge supercurrent Swift Current telluric current thermocurrent tidal current transcranial direct current stimulation turbidity current undercurrent upcurrent Y current zoocurrent cocurrent current account current affairs current asset current events current liability currently currentness current ratio current shock current thing current year discurrent noncurrent price current uncurrent

词源

词源 1

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

词源 2

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.