English-Thai Dictionary
flue
N ปล่องควัน ปล่องไฟ ช่อง อากาศ passage duct pok-kwn
flue
N ปุย fluff pui
flue
N แห อวน fishing net hea
fluent
ADJ พูด หรือ เขียน ได้ อย่าง คล่องแคล่ว ราบรื่น ไหล ลื่น ฉะฉาน smooth flowing voluble slow stammering phud-rue-kian-dai-yang-klong-klaeo
fluently
ADV อย่าง คล่องแคล่ว อย่างราบรื่น อย่าง ไหล ลื่น อย่าง ฉะฉาน volubly smoothly slowly yang-klong-klaeo
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLUE
n.[probably contracted from flume, L. flumen, from fluo. ] A passage for smoke in a chimney, leading from the fireplace to the top of the chinmey, or into another passage; as a chinmey with four flues.
FLUE
n.[L. pluma. ] Soft down or fur; very fine hair. [Local. ]
FLUELLEN
n.The female speedwell, a plant of the genus Antirrhinum, or snapdragon.
FLUENCE
for fluency, is not used.
FLUENCY
n.[L. fluens, from flue, to flow. ] 1. The quality of flowing, applied to speech or language; smoothness; freedom from harshness; as fluency of numbers.
2. Readiness of utterance; facility of words; volubility; as fluency of speech; a speaker of remarkable fluency.
3. Affluence; abundance. Obs.
FLUENT
a.[See Fluency. ] 1. Liquid; flowing.
2. Flowing; passing.
Motion being a fluent thing.
3. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as a fluent speaker.
4. Flowing; voluble; smooth; as fluent speech.
FLUENT
n. 1. A stream; a current of water. [Little used. ]
2. The variable or flowing quantity in fluxions.
FLUENTLY
adv. With ready flow; volubly; without hesitation or obstruction; as, to speak fluently.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLUE
Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L.fluere (cf. Fluent ); a perh. a corruption of E. flute. ]
Defn: An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc. ; an air passage; esp. : (a ) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. (b ) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. (c ) (Steam Boiler ) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler. -- Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. -- Flue plate (Steam Boiler ), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate. -- Flue surface (Steam Boiler ), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases.
FLUE
Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. sq. root84.]
Defn: Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc. ; very fine lint or hair. Dickens.
FLUENCE
FLUENCE Flu "ence, n.
Defn: Fluency. [Obs. ] Milton.
FLUENCY
Flu "en *cy, n. Etym: [L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See Fluent. ]
Defn: The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility. The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity. Macaulay.
FLUENT
Flu "ent, a. Etym: [L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. Fluctuate, Flux. ]
1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.
FLUENT
FLUENT Flu "ent, n.
1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs. ]
2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente. ] (Math. )
Defn: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
FLUENTLY
FLUENTLY Flu "ent *ly, adv.
Defn: In a fluent manner.
FLUENTNESS
FLUENTNESS Flu "ent *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being fluent.
FLUE PIPE
FLUE PIPE Flue pipe. (Music )
Defn: A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end ). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section, and those of wood triangular or square.
FLUEWORK
FLUEWORK Flue "work `, n. (Mus. )
Defn: A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.
FLUEY
Flue "y, a. Etym: [2d Flue. ]
Defn: Downy; fluffy. [R.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
flue
flue |flo͞o flu | ▶noun a duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation: no air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked | [ as modifier ] : flue gases. • a channel for conveying heat. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn ): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
flue-cure
flue-cure ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. flue-cured ) cure (tobacco ) using heat from pipes or flues connected to a furnace.
fluellen
fluellen |flʊˈɛlɪn | ▶noun a small creeping Eurasian plant with yellow and purple flowers, widely occurring in cornfields. ●Genus Kickxia, family Scrophulariaceae: two species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of Welsh llysiau Llywelyn ‘Llewelyn's herbs ’; compare with Fluellen, used by Shakespeare to represent the Welsh name Llywelyn.
fluence
flu ence |ˈflo͞oəns ˈfluəns | ▶noun Physics a stream of particles crossing a unit area, usually expressed as the number of particles per second. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a flowing, a stream ’): from French, from Latin fluentia, from fluere ‘to flow. ’
fluence
fluence 1 |ˈfluːəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal mysterious, magical, or hypnotic power: you've put the fluence on me, haven't you? ORIGIN early 20th cent.: shortening of influence .
fluency
flu en cy |ˈflo͞oənsē ˈfluənsi | ▶noun the quality or condition of being fluent, in particular: • the ability to speak or write a foreign language easily and accurately: fluency in Spanish is essential. • the ability to express oneself easily and articulately. • gracefulness and ease of movement or style: the horse was jumping with breathtaking fluency. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin fluentia, from fluere ‘to flow. ’
fluent
flu ent |ˈflo͞oənt ˈfluənt | ▶adjective (of a person ) able to express oneself easily and articulately: a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects. • (of a person ) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: she became fluent in French and German. • (of a foreign language ) spoken accurately and with facility: he spoke fluent Spanish. • (of speech, language, movement, or style ) smoothly graceful and easy: his style of play was fast and fluent. • able to flow freely; fluid: a fluent discharge from the nose. DERIVATIVES flu ent ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also in the literal sense ‘flowing freely or abundantly ’): from Latin fluent- ‘flowing, ’ from the verb fluere.
flue pipe
flue pipe ▶noun 1 a pipe acting as a flue. 2 an organ pipe into which the air enters directly without striking a reed.
flue stop
flue stop ▶noun an organ stop for a set of flue pipes.
fluey
fluey |fluːi | ▶adjective Brit. informal suffering from flu: when I woke up I felt really fluey.
Oxford Dictionary
flue
flue |fluː | ▶noun a duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation. • a channel for conveying heat. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn ): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
flue-cure
flue-cure ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. flue-cured ) cure (tobacco ) using heat from pipes or flues connected to a furnace.
fluellen
fluellen |flʊˈɛlɪn | ▶noun a small creeping Eurasian plant with yellow and purple flowers, widely occurring in cornfields. ●Genus Kickxia, family Scrophulariaceae: two species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of Welsh llysiau Llywelyn ‘Llewelyn's herbs ’; compare with Fluellen, used by Shakespeare to represent the Welsh name Llywelyn.
fluence
fluence 1 |ˈfluːəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal mysterious, magical, or hypnotic power: you've put the fluence on me, haven't you? ORIGIN early 20th cent.: shortening of influence .
fluence
fluence 2 |ˈfluːəns | ▶noun Physics a stream of particles crossing a unit area, usually expressed as the number of particles per second. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a flowing, a stream ’): from French, from Latin fluentia, from fluere ‘to flow ’.
fluency
flu |ency |ˈfluːənsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or condition of being fluent, in particular: • the ability to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: fluency in Spanish is essential. • the ability to express oneself easily and articulately. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin fluentia, from fluere ‘to flow ’.
fluent
fluent |ˈfluːənt | ▶adjective 1 able to express oneself easily and articulately: a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects. • able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: she became fluent in French and German. • (of a foreign language ) spoken accurately and with facility: he spoke fluent Spanish. 2 smoothly graceful and effortless: his style of play was fast and fluent. 3 able to flow freely; fluid: a fluent discharge from the nose. DERIVATIVES fluently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin fluent- ‘flowing ’, from the verb fluere.
flue pipe
flue pipe ▶noun 1 a pipe acting as a flue. 2 an organ pipe into which the air enters directly without striking a reed.
flue stop
flue stop ▶noun an organ stop for a set of flue pipes.
fluey
fluey |fluːi | ▶adjective Brit. informal suffering from flu: when I woke up I felt really fluey.
American Oxford Thesaurus
flue
flue noun periodically check the flue for obstructions: duct, tube, shaft, vent, pipe, passage, channel, conduit; funnel, chimney, smokestack.
fluent
fluent adjective 1 a fluent campaign speech: articulate, eloquent, expressive, communicative, coherent, cogent, illuminating, vivid, well-written /spoken. ANTONYMS inarticulate. 2 fluent in French: articulate; (be fluent in ) have a (good ) command of. 3 a very fluent running style: free-flowing, smooth, effortless, easy, natural, fluid; graceful, elegant; regular, rhythmic. ANTONYMS jerky.
Oxford Thesaurus
flue
flue noun duct, tube, passage, channel, canal, conduit, shaft, air passage, airway, vent, well; funnel, chimney, chimney stack, smokestack; pipe, pipeline, outlet, inlet.
fluency
fluency noun 1 a job that calls for verbal fluency: eloquence, articulacy, articulateness, expressiveness, communicativeness, coherence, cogency, intelligibility, comprehensibility, lucidity, vividness, persuasiveness, glibness, volubility. ANTONYMS inarticulacy. 2 fluency in Japanese will be a major asset: articulacy, facility, ability to speak or write … easily and accurately; command of. 3 his walk had a feline kind of fluency to it: fluidity, flow, smoothness, effortlessness, ease, naturalness; grace, gracefulness, elegance; regularity, rhythm, rhythmicity; rare flowingness. ANTONYMS jerkiness.
fluent
fluent adjective 1 a fluent introductory speech: articulate, eloquent, expressive, communicative, coherent, cogent, illuminating; vivid, silver-tongued, persuasive, glib, voluble. ANTONYMS inarticulate. 2 he soon became fluent in Welsh: articulate, able to speak or write … easily and accurately; (be fluent in ) have a (good ) command of. 3 he has a very fluent running style: free-flowing, smooth, effortless, easy, natural, fluid, unbroken, uninterrupted, continuous; graceful, elegant; regular, rhythmic. ANTONYMS jerky.
Duden Dictionary
Flüe
Flüe Eigenname |ˈflyː (ə )|schweizerischer Heiliger
French Dictionary
fluet
fluet , ette adj. adjectif Frêle. : Un garçon fluet (et non *feluet ). SYNONYME fragile ; maigre .
Spanish Dictionary
fluencia
fluencia nombre femenino 1 Acción de fluir :el clima regula la fluencia de las aguas de un río a lo largo de todo el año; su pasmosa fluencia verbal lo enmudeció .2 Lugar de donde mana un líquido .
fluente
fluente adjetivo Que fluye .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
flue
flue /fluː /名詞 C (煙突内の )排煙管, 放熱 [通気 ]管, 排気筒 ; ダクト .
fluency
flu en cy /flú (ː )ənsi /名詞 U (言語などの )流暢 （りゆうちよう ）さ ; (動作などの )なめらかさ .
fluent
flu ent /flú (ː )ənt /〖語源は 「流れる 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人が 〉【外国語などに 】流暢 （りゅうちょう ）な , 達者な, 〈言葉 文体が 〉なめらかな «in » ▸ Ed is a fluent speaker of French. ≒Ed is fluent in French. ≒Ed speaks fluent French .エドはフランス語が流暢だ (!外国語を母国語のように話せる ) 2 (言葉 楽器などがよどみなく )巧みな ▸ a fluent writer 文の立つ人 (!自信のあることを暗示 ) 3 〈動きなどが 〉なめらかな; 〈曲線などが 〉なだらかな .4 流れる, 流動性の .
fluently
fl ú ent ly 副詞 〖動詞 の後で 〗流暢 （りゅうちょう ）に, ぺらぺらと 〈話す 〉; すらすらと, よどみなく .
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