fluid

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flu·id1 /ˈfluːɪd/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] technical

MTa liquid 液（体），流体 → gas, solid

He is not allowed solid food yet, only fluids.

他还不能吃固体食物，只能进流食。

a powerful cleaning fluid

一种强力清洁液

Examples from the Corpus

fluid• Ensure that manufacturers' recommendations about fluids are followed.• Suspended in amniotic fluid, the fetus is also weightless.• The HIV virus is transmitted though body fluids, during sexual intercourse.• Brake fluid was leaking out from under my car.• brake fluid• In the latter conditions, the cerebrospinal fluid has a cell count ranging from only a few to hundreds.• Manipulators, fed by red veins of hydraulic fluid, fold elbows-up beside her cheeks like legs of a praying mantis.• In extreme heat your body will lose fluid and salt.• Be sure and drink plenty of fluids.• Each part was cushioned by synovial fluid.• They left the fluids overnight to get rid of the air bubbles trapped inside.• Spray on woodworm fluid following the manufacturer's advice, and replace the boards and then spray the top surface.

fluid2 adjectiveadj

1. CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTa situation that is fluid is likely to change 〔形势〕不固定的，易变的

2 GRACEFULfluid movements are smooth, relaxed, and graceful 〔动作〕优美自然的，优雅的，流畅的

a loose, fluid style of dancing

舒展而优美的舞姿

3. a fluid substance is a liquid 液体的，流体的

—fluidity /fluˈɪdəti/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

fluid• Our plans for the project are still somewhat fluid.• As markets become more fluid and global, leaders must be more careful about alienating investors.• They have also been regarded as a topic distinctive to fluid dynamics.• a fluid guitar solo• The sculptures are admired for their round shapes and fluid lines.• Almost every effect of fluid motion must at some time have been tried as a means of measuring velocities.• Clark throws with a fluid motion.• This was not the fluid, precise canvas of the Cal victory.• Man beats back the jungle, the vines and fluid spong trees inexorably overwhelm the masonry.• In three other experiments fluid transport in the jejunum was nil.

Origin fluid2

(1400-1500) French fluide, from Latin fluidus, from fluere “to flow”

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