leak

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n. 漏洞, 漏处, 漏出, 泄漏 vi. 漏, 泄漏 vt. 使渗漏

发音

US /liːk/

词形变化

leaks 复数 leaks leaked leakest leaketh leaking leaks 三单 leaking 现在分词 leaked 过去式 leaked 过去分词 more leak 比较级 most leak 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

泄漏；漏洞，裂缝

a small hole that lets liquid or gas flow into or out of something

动词

使渗漏，泄露

if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through

动词

漏，渗；泄漏出去

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

    漏洞

    a leak in a roof

    a leak in a boat

    a leak in a gas pipe

  2. 2.

    The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

    泄漏

    The leak gained on the ship's pumps.

    The babies' diapers had big leaks.

  3. 3.

    A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.

    透露

    泄漏

    泄

    The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.

  4. 4.

    The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.

  5. 5.

    A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.

  6. 6.

    The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.

    计算机 工程 数学

    resource leak

    memory leak

  7. 7.

    An act of urination.

    俚语 粗俗

    I have to take a leak.

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.

    及物

    The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.

  2. 2.

    (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.

    不及物

    The faucet has been leaking since last month.

    No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.

  3. 3.

    To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

    漏

    及物/不及物

    Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

  4. 4.

    To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.

    比喻 不及物 引申义
  5. 5.

    To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.

    比喻 及物 引申义
  6. 6.

    To urinate.

    委婉 俚语

    I had to leak in the woods since there were no toilets around.

  7. 7.

    To bleed.

    美国 俚语

    He shanked him, now he's leaking.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Leaky.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

escape wetting leakage outflow

上位词 10

run hole discharge revealing revelation disclosure urination outpouring micturition softrot
动词

同义词 1

leak out

上位词 10

open break issue reveal discover expose emerge uncover disclose divulge

下位词 2

bilge take in water

相关短语

leak out [机] 熔液漏出 leak like a sieve take a leak <美俚>撒尿 memory leak 内存泄漏 non-verbal leak spring a leak 生漏缝 routing leak data leak lambda leak

词源

From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-, *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Icelandic leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“to damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. (divulgation, disclosure of information): Compare typologically Bulgarian изтичане (iztičane), Polish przeciek, Russian уте́чка (utéčka) (akin to течь impf or f (tečʹ)).

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