小溪bourn bourne brook creek rill rivulet streamlet1 A small stream; a brook. 小溪一种小溪流；小河2 The trickle become a stream; the stream has now become a torrent. 涓涓细流汇成了小溪，小溪现在已变成了奔腾的江河。3 they tracked him back toward the head of the stream. 他们顺着溪水找到了小溪的源头。4 A brook; a creek. 小河；小溪5 Couldn't leap the brook. 无法跃过小溪6 The brook joins the river. 小溪同河流汇合。7 They leapt over the stream. 他们跃过了小溪。8 A small stream, bayou, or canal. 小溪、支流、运河9 The stream empties itself into the river. 这小溪流入大河。10 A streamlet spread out every here and there. 到处可见小溪流淌。
2. Stream 从使用范围来讲，stream的含义最广，它一方面指比river小的小溪、小河，另一方面又可以指凡是流动或流淌的东西，一连串的东西（包括思想意识等）。；例如： The stream is full of trout. 河里有很多鳟鱼。 A stream of water ran off the roof. 雨水顺着房顶往下淌。 The music evoked a stream of associated ideas. 这段音乐使人浮想联翩。 Streams of people were coming out of the railway station. 人群从火车站涌出。 stream of consciousness 意识流4. creek 小河，支流。窄小且流速较慢的stream，一般比brook大。但在通俗用法中，stream,brook和creek 可以互换使用。例如： A creek winds through the woods. 一条小河从树林里蜿蜒流过。 rivulet 小溪。即一条很小的brook或者stream， 也可以叫做streamlet。该词由river加后缀 -let（小）构成。例如： Tadpoles can be found in this rivulet. 这条小溪里能见到蝌蚪。
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