fluid
US: /ˈfɫuəd/, /ˈfɫuɪd/
UK: /flˈuːɪd/
UK: /flˈuːɪd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fluid /fluid/
- tính từ
- lỏng, dễ cháy
- hay thay đổi
- fluid opinion: ý kiến hay thay đổi
- (quân sự) di động (mặt trận...)
- danh từ
- chất lỏng (gồm chất nước và chất khí)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun [C, U] a liquid; a substance that can flow: body fluids (= for example, blood) + The doctor told him to drink plenty of fluids. + cleaning fluid
+ adjective
1 (formal) (of movements, designs, music, etc.) smooth, graceful and flowing: a loose, fluid style of dancing + fluid guitar playing + the fluid lines of the drawing
2 (formal) (of a situation) likely to change; not fixed: a fluid political situation + a fluid relationship between managers and staff + the growth of a socially fluid urban society
3 (technical) that can flow freely, as gases and liquids do: a fluid consistency
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 liquid, solution, liquor, ichor; gas, vapour:
It might surprise some to learn that physicists consider gases to be fluids.
adj.
2 liquid, flowing, running, runny, watery, aqueous:
Once the metal has become fluid, it is poured into the moulds.
3 changeable, mutable, flexible, adjustable, variable, pliant, unformed, formless, unfixed, unstatic or non-static, plastic, protean, mercurial, mobile, unstable, shifting, uncertain, indefinite, unsettled:
The situation is fluid and the decision could go either way.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
excess | amniotic, bodily/body, intravenous | brake, cleaning
VERB + FLUID
drink
Change your diet and drink plenty of fluids.
| lose | replace
replacing vital body fluids and salts that are lost when you sweat
| retain
Retaining excess fluid could be a problem.
VERBS
be | become | remain | keep sth
I think we should try and keep our arrangements fluid at this stage.
ADV.
extremely, highly, very
It's a highly fluid situation.
| fairly, quite, rather, relatively
Concise English dictionary
fluids'fluːɪd
noun
+a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
+a continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
adj.
+subject to change; variable
+characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
+smooth and unconstrained in movement
+in cash or easily convertible to cash
+affording change (especially in social status)
