1580s, "flowing freely" (of water), also, of speakers, "able and nimble in the use of words," from Latin fluentem (nominative fluens) "lax, relaxed," figuratively "flowing, fluent," present participle of fluere "to flow, stream, run, melt," from extended form of PIE root *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow" (cognates: Latin flumen "river;" Greek phluein "to boil over, bubble up," phlein "to abound"), an extension of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell;" see bole. Used interchangeably with fluid (adj.) in 17c. in the sense "changeable, not rigid." Related: Fluently.
雙語例句
1. He is a fluent speaker of Hebrew.
他說一口流利的希伯來語。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian.
她的法語和德語講得流利，也會說一點(diǎn)意大利語。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. She's fluent in Polish.
她的波蘭語很流利。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. She speaks fluent and idiomatic English.
她講一口流利地道的英語。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. Long practice enabled that American to speak fluent Chinese.