leaky

大学 FREQ #22616

a. 有漏洞的, 易泄漏秘密的, 爱哭的 [电] 漏的

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其它 /ˈliːki/

词形变化

leakier 比较级 leakier leakiest leakiest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

漏的；有漏洞的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having leaks; not fully sealed.

    The leaky bucket dripped only one drop at a time, but by the time I got back to the house it was half empty.

    The ceiling was so leaky that someone had to fix it.

  2. 2.

    Tending to leak secrets or information.

    The spooks' argument against this is that the secret service would become leaky and demoralised […]

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

blabbermouthed

反义词 1

tight

近义相关 9

drafty porous incontinent communicative communicatory draughty drippy holey oozy

参见 2

permeable unseaworthy

相关短语

leaky gut syndrome leaky abstraction leaky abstractions leaky bucket leaky buckets leaky weir leaky brain syndrome leaky brain syndromes

词源

Likely a normalisation ( + -y) of earlier leak, leake, leke (“leaky”, adjective), from Middle English leke (“leaky”), from Old English hlec, *lec (“having cracks or rents; leaky”), from Proto-Germanic *lekaz (“leaking; leaky”). By surface analysis, leak + -y. Cognate with Scots lek, leck (“leaky”), Saterland Frisian läk (“leaky”), Dutch lek (“leaky”), German Low German leck (“leaky”), German leck (“leaky”), Swedish läck (“leaky”), Icelandic lekur (“leaky”).

来源：wiktionary