核心畫面
The whole word grows from one picture: something running, flowing steadily in one direction — like the water of a river that keeps moving. From that flow come the moving streams of water, air, and electricity. And the adjective is the same flow seen as time: what is "running right now", the moment that is presently flowing past — i.e. happening now.
可以想成整個字都從一個畫面長出來：某個東西正持續往同一個方向「奔流、流動」——像河水不停地往前跑。由這股流動，生出水…更多收起
可以想成整個字都從一個畫面長出來：某個東西正持續往同一個方向「奔流、流動」——像河水不停地往前跑。由這股流動，生出水、空氣、電的流。而形容詞則是把同一股流動看成時間：正在「跑著」的這一刻、此刻正流過去的當下——也就是「現在發生中」的意思。原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Currentname
- 1
A surname.
currentnoun/ˈkʌɹənt/
- 1
The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- 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.
- 2
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
- 3
businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityEllipsis of electric current.
- 4
A tendency or a course of events.
currentadj/ˈkʌɹənt/
- 1
Existing or occurring at the moment.
- current events
- current leaders
- 2
Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.
- current affairs
- current bills and coins
- 3
Electric; of or relating to electricity.
- current bill
- current shock
- 4
obsoleteRunning or moving rapidly.
- 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.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。