[VERB 动词]渗透;渗漏 If something such as liquid or gas seeps somewhere, it flows slowly and in small amounts into a place where it should not go.
[V prep/adv]
Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs...
放射性水已经渗入地下蓄水层中。
The gas is seeping out of the rocks...
气体正从岩石中渗出。
Engineers said that plutonium could begin seeping from the corroded sub.
工程师说钚可能会开始从遭腐蚀的潜艇往外渗透。
Seep is also a noun.
...an oil seep.
石油泄漏
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[VERB 动词](秘密)逐渐外泄;(不快的情感)逐渐释放 If something such as secret information or an unpleasant emotion seeps somewhere, it comes out gradually.
[V prep/adv]
...the tide of racism which is sweeping Europe seeps into Britain.
正席卷欧洲的种族主义浪潮逐渐渗透到英国。
...letting information seep out of the Treasury.
使消息从财政部逐渐传开
Oxford
seep/siːp; NAmEsiːp/verb[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.(especially of liquids 尤指液体)to flow slowly and in small quantities through sth or into sth 渗;渗透SYN
trickle
◆Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages.血开始从绷带渗出来。◆Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.水从管道的一个裂缝中渗出。◆( figurative) Gradually the pain seeped away.疼痛渐渐消失了。seepseepsseepedseepingseep/siːp; NAmEsiːp/
1to flow slowly through small holes or spacesseep into/through/down etc Blood seeped down his leg.2to move or spread graduallyseep away/into/through etc His tension was seeping away.
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