stream

小川、渓流

両岸の間を水が流れる小さな川。

やさしい英語で： A small river with water moving between its banks.

• A stream runs behind our house.
• We crossed the stream on a wooden bridge.
• Small fish swam in the clear streams.

類義語： creek, brook

よく使う表現： mountain stream, cross a stream, clear stream

流れ、連続

物事が途切れずに次々と動いたり届いたりする流れ。

やさしい英語で： Things that move or come one after another without stopping.

• A stream of people left the station.
• Her question interrupted my stream of thought.
• We received a steady stream of messages.

使い方： a stream of something (A stream of visitors arrived throughout the afternoon.)

類義語： flow, succession

よく使う表現： stream of something, steady stream, constant stream, endless stream

ストリーム、データストリーム

プログラムが順番に、一部分ずつ読み書きするデータ。

やさしい英語で： Computer information that a program reads or writes in order, one part after another.

• The program reads data from a stream.
• Close the output stream after writing the file.
• These streams contain information from different sensors.

類義語： data stream

よく使う表現： data stream, input stream, output stream

流れる

途切れずに動いたり、次々とやって来たりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or arrive steadily, without stopping.

• Water streamed into the boat.
• People were streaming through the gates.
• Sunlight streams through the kitchen window each morning.

使い方： stream into/out of somewhere (People streamed out of the cinema.); stream down something (Rain streamed down the window.)

類義語： flow, pour

よく使う表現： stream into something, stream down something, stream through something, stream from something

なびく、はためく

風で伸び広がり、波打つように動く。

やさしい英語で： To stretch out and move in waves in the wind.

• Her hair streamed in the wind.
• Bright ribbons streamed from the bicycle handles.
• The long banner was streaming behind the boat.

使い方： stream behind someone/something (Her scarf streamed behind her as she ran.)

類義語： flutter, trail

よく使う表現： stream in the wind, stream behind someone, stream out