F Flashcards
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flow (n.)
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- a smooth steady movement of liquid,gas or electricity
- the steady movement of traffic
- the movement of goods,people or information from one place to another
- the continuous stream of words or ideas when someone is speaking,writing or thinking about something
- the regular movement of the sea towards the land
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flow (v.)
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- when a liquid,gas or electricity flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream
- if goods,people or information flow from one place to another, they move there in large numbers or amounts
- if traffic flows, it moves easily from one place to another
- if alcohol flows at a party, people drink a lot and there is a lot available
- if conversation or ideas flow, people talk or have ideas steadily and continuously, without anything stopping or interrupting them
- when the sea flows, it moves towards the land
- if a feeling flows through you or over you, you feel it strongly
- if clothing or hair flows, it falls or hangs loosely and gracefully
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fundamental (a.)
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- relating to the most basic and important parts of something
- very necessary and important (+to)
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fancy (v./n./a.)
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- to like or want something or want to do something
- to feel sexually attracted to someone
- to think someone or something is likely to be successful in something
- to think or believe something without being certain
- a feeling, especially one that is not particularly strong or urgent, that you like someone or want to have something
- an idea or opinion that is not based on fact
- imagination or something that you imagine
- fancy hotels, restaurants, cars etc are expensive and fashionable
- having a lot of decoration or bright colours or made in a complicated way
- complicated and needing a lot of skill
- fancy food is of a high quality
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faculty
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- a department or group of related departments within a university
- all the teachers in a university
- [usually plural 一般用复数] a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly
- a particular skill that someone has
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fabric
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- cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc
- the fabric of a society is its basic structure, way of life, relationships, and traditions
- the fabric of a building is its basic structure, including walls and the roof
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forceful
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- a forceful person expresses their opinions very strongly and clearly and people are easily persuaded by them
- forceful arguments, reasons etc are strongly and clearly expressed
- having a powerful effect that is likely to change a situation
- using physical force
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fountain
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- a flow of liquid, or of something bright and colourful that goes straight up into the air
- a source or supply of something
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fulfil
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- if you fulfil a hope, wish, or aim, you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for etc
- to do or provide what is necessary or needed
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fund (n./v.)
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- an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose
- [plural 复数] money that an organization needs or has
- an organization that collects money, for example to help people who are ill, old etc
1.to provide money for an activity, organization, event etc
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frank (a./v./n.)
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- honest and truthful
- to print a sign on an envelope showing that the cost of sending it has been paid
- a frankfurter 法兰克福熏肠
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firm (n./a./v.)
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- a business or company, especially a small one
- not completely hard, but not soft, and not easy to bend into a different shape
- strongly fixed in position, and not likely to move
- not likely to change 4.showing in the way that you behave or speak that you are the person in control and that you are not likely to change your answer, belief etc
- [not before noun] if the value of a particular country’s money is firm, it does not fall in value (+against)
- to press down on soil to make it harder or more solid
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factor (n./v.)
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- one of several things that influence or cause a situation
- a particular level on a scale that measures how strong or effective something is
- [T] a number that divides into another number exactly 因子，因数
1.将…分解为因数
