Seep



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 液体等) 渗漏
• ［英］ v. ( 液体等) 渗漏 ( to flow or pass slowly;ooze)
• ［记］ 参考:peep ( 偷看)
• ［同］ 参考: peep ( 偷看)
• ［例］ Water seeped in through a crack.

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb

• Etymology: alteration of earlier sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep
• Date: 1790
• 1. to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings ; ooze <water seeped in through a crack>
• 2.
  • a. to enter or penetrate slowly <fear of nuclear war had seeped into the national consciousness — Tip O'Neill>
  • b. to become diffused or spread <a sadness seeped through his being — Agnes S. Turnbull>

II. noun

• Date: 1824
• 1.
  • a. a spot where a fluid (as water, oil, or gas) contained in the ground oozes slowly to the surface and often forms a pool
  • b. a small spring
• 2. seepage
• ? seepy adjective

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