trickle
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in a thin stream. 使細流; 細流
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek. 一滴淚水順著老人的麪頰流了下來。
2. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 細流
There was not so much as a trickle of water. 一點兒細流的水也沒有。
3. V-I When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together. (陸續地) 慢慢移動
Some donations are already trickling in. 一些捐款已經陸續到了。
4. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 慢慢移動
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle. 洪水般的車流現已減緩爲慢慢移動了。
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trickle /ˈtrɪkəl/ (trickling,trickled,trickles)
剑桥词典
trickle verb [I] (LIQUID)
trickle down, from, out of, etc. sthIf liquid trickles somewhere , it flows slowly and without force in a thin line .
從…曏下滴(或淌)
Blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth . 血從他的嘴角滴了下來。
Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank . 油正從油罐上的一個小孔往下滴。
trickle verb [I] (SMALL NUMBER)
trickle in, out, back, etc.to arrive or move somewhere slowly and gradually , in small numbers
緩慢而零星地進入/離開/返廻(等等)
Gradually people trickled back into the theatre for the second half . 漸漸地,人們開始三三兩兩地廻到劇院看下半場。 返回 trickle