Trickle
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.一滴滴地流
- [英] v.一滴滴地流 ( to flow in a thin gentle stream)
- [类] trickle : gush / warm : sear ( 程度: 滴流 -> 喷涌 / 温暖 -> 灼烧) 反义词: spate ( 暴雨)
- [例] Tears were trickling from her eyes.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. intransitive verb (trickled; trickling)
- Etymology: Middle English trikelen, of imitative origin
- Date: 14th century
- 1.
- a. to issue or fall in drops
- b. to flow in a thin gentle stream
- 2.
- a. to move or go one by one or little by little <customers began to trickle in>
- b. to dissipate slowly <his enthusiasm trickled away>
II. noun
- Date: 1580
- a thin, slow, or intermittent stream or movement