current

modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date

trend, tendency, current

名词 current:

1. a flow of electricity through a conductor
   同义词：electric current
2. a steady flow (usually from natural causes)
   同义词：stream
3. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
   同义词：stream, flow

形容词 current:

1. occurring in or belonging to the present time

1. This word is no longer in current use.
   这个词现在已经不再使用。
2. The current is strongest in the middle of the river.
   河中央的水流最急。
3. This button switches the current on.
   这个电钮接通电流。

cur.rent

adj.（形容词）
Abbr. cur.
缩写 cur.
Belonging to the present time:
当前的：属于现在这个时期的：
例句：
current events; current leaders.
时事；现任领导人

Being in progress now:
正在进行的：现在处于进行中的：
例句：
current negotiations.
正在进行的谈判

Passing from one to another; circulating:
流通的：从一人传到另一人的；流通的：
例句：
current bills and coins.
流通的支票和货币

Prevalent, especially at the present time:
通行的：流行的，尤指眼下流行的：
例句：
current fashions.See Synonyms at prevailing
流行时尚参见 prevailing

Running; flowing.
流动的；流淌的
n.（名词）
A steady, smooth onward movement:
流：稳定、平稳地向前运动：
例句：
a current of air from a fan; a current of spoken words.See Synonyms at flow
从风扇中吹出的一股气流；一通讲话参见 flow

The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement:
潮流：液体或气体中持续向前移动的部分：
例句：
rowed out into the river`s swift current.
划出来进入河水迅疾的水流中

A general tendency, movement, or course.See Synonyms at tendency
趋向：总体的倾向、动向或进程参见 tendency
Symbol i, I Electricity
符号 i, I 【电学】
A flow of electric charge.
电荷的流动
The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time.
电流强度：单位时间内通过电路上某一确定点的电荷数

来源：
Middle English curraunt
中古英语 curraunt
from Old French corant [present participle of] courre [to run]
源自 古法语 corant [] courre的现在分词 [跑]
from Latin currere * see kers-
源自 拉丁语 currere *参见 kers-

【引伸】
cur.rently
adv.（副词）
cur.rentness
n.（名词）