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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 flu·ent /ˈfluənt/
 (a.)流利的,流暢的;暢流的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flu·ent, n.
 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
 2.  Math. A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flu·ent a.
 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fluent
      adj 1: easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent
             curves"
      2: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
         stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of
         a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: flowing, fluid, liquid,
          smooth]
      3: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to
         dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent,
          facile, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]