資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Current \Cur"rent\ (k?r"rent), a. [OE. currant, OF. curant,
   corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run,
   from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. {Course},
   {Concur}, {Courant}, {Coranto}.]
   1. Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic]

            Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord.
                                                  --Gower.

            To chase a creature that was current then In these
            wild woods, the hart with golden horns. --Tennyson.

   2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

   3. Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand;
      circulating through the community; generally received;
      common; as, a current coin; a current report; current
      history.

            That there was current money in Abraham's time is
            past doubt.                           --Arbuthnot.

            Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
                                                  --Shak.

            His current value, which is less or more as men have
            occasion for him.                     --Grew.

   4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

   5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic;
      passable.

            O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou
            be current gold indeed.               --Shak.

   {Account current}. See under {Account}.

   {Current money}, lawful money. --Abbott.