核心畫面

Picture water running without catching on anything: no stops, no backing up, no hunting for the next bit. Fluent describes that quality wherever it shows — in someone's speech, in a piece of writing, even in the way a body moves.

可以想成:水一路流下去,中間沒有被什麼卡住——不停頓、不倒回來、也不用停下來找下一步。fluent 形容的就是這種順更多收起可以想成:水一路流下去,中間沒有被什麼卡住——不停頓、不倒回來、也不用停下來找下一步。fluent 形容的就是這種順暢感,而它可以出現在說話裡、文章裡,甚至一個人動作的樣子裡。

From the picture

表達本身很順

鏡頭從人移到產出來的東西:不是說「他很行」,而是說「這段話、這篇文章讀起來很順」。

smooth speech/writing · adjective · B2

speech or writing that is smooth and confident, with few mistakes or stops.

流暢的

動作很流暢

同樣的順暢感放到身體上:動作之間沒有停頓或急轉,看起來像連成一條線。

smooth-flowing · adjective · B2

Moving smoothly from one part to the next, without stiff or sudden stops.

流暢的;優美的

Also in this word

speaks a language well · adjective · B2

able to speak a language very well, quickly and with few stops.

流利的

fluent in a language · adjective · B2

used before a language name to say someone speaks that language very well, like a person from that country.

流利的(語言)

原始詞典資料4 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。

fluentadj/ˈfluːənt/

  • 1

    That flows; flowing, liquid.

    • fluent handwriting
    • For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…].
  • 2

    Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

    • She's fluent in French.
    • The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsBeing or relating to a fluent interface.

    • The payment processor offers a fluent API.

fluentnoun/ˈfluːənt/

  • 1

    obsoletemathematicssciencesA continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。