*stream¹/strim; striːm/ n [C] 1 a very small river 小河，小溪: a mountain stream 山涧 2 a long continuous series of people or vehicles 人流; 车流: a stream of traffic 川流不息的车辆 3 a series of things of the same kind that happen one after the other 〔事情〕一连串，一系列: a stream of questions 一连串问题 a stream of ideas 一连串想法 4 an area of moving liquid, gas, smoke etc 〔流动的液体、气体、烟等的〕股，缕，团: a stream of warm air 一股暖流