trickle

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n. 滴, 细流 vi. 滴, 细细地流 vt. 使滴, 使小量流动 [计] 信息透露

发音

其它 /ˈtɹɪkəl/

词形变化

trickles 复数 trickles trickled trickles 三单 trickleth trickling trickling 现在分词 trickled 过去式 trickled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A very thin river.

    The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.

  2. 2.

    A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.

    The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.

v.
  1. 1.

    to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

    及物

    The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.

  2. 2.

    to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.

    不及物

    Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.

    The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.

  3. 3.

    To move or roll slowly.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

drip dribble

上位词 2

flow flowing

下位词 1

intravenous drip
动词

同义词 2

filter dribble

上位词 4

course run feed flow

下位词 2

leach percolate

相关短语

trickle down 向下滴流 trickle truth trickle down hypothesis trickle charger [电] 涓流充电器 trickle chargers trickle charge [电] 消流充电 trickle charges trickle charging trickle charged trickle-down hypothesis

词源

From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.

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