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The word "leak" can be used as a verb meaning to allow liquid or gas to escape through a hole or crack, or to deliberately reveal secret information. It can also be used as a noun referring to a hole or crack through which substances escape, or to the act of revealing secret information.

The word "leak" can be used as a verb meaning to allow liquid or gas to escape through a hole or crack, or to deliberately reveal secret information. It can also be used as a noun referring to a hole or crack through which substances escape, or to the act of revealing secret information.

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/li͟ːk/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]漏;渗漏;泄漏 If a container leaks, there is a hole or crack in it which lets a substance such as liquid or gas escape. You can also say that a container leaks a substance such as liquid or gas.
  [V]
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n into n]
  [Also V n]
  • The roof leaked...

    屋顶漏雨。

  • The gas had apparently leaked from a cylinder...

    气体似乎由一汽缸漏出。

  • The pool's fiberglass sides had cracked and the water had leaked out...

    泳池四周的玻璃钢面开裂,水渗了出来。

  • A large diesel tank mysteriously leaked its contents into the river.

    一个大型柴油罐的柴油莫名其妙地泄漏到河里去了。

  • Leak is also a noun.
    • It's thought a gas leak may have caused the blast.

      据认为爆炸可能由气体泄漏引起。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]裂缝;漏隙;漏洞 A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through.
  [oft N in n]
  • ...a leak in the radiator...

    暖气片上的一条裂缝

  • In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line.

    5月份工程师们在一条氢燃料管线上发现一条裂隙。

3
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]走漏;泄露;透露 If a secret document or piece of information leaks or is leaked, someone lets the public know about it.
  [V n to n]
  [V n]
  [V]
  [V-ed]
  [V P]
  [V P to n]
  • Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press...

    去年,一名公务员因向报界泄露了一份文件而被判入狱。

  • He revealed who leaked a confidential police report...

    他说出了泄露警方机密报告内容的人。

  • We don't know how the transcript leaked.

    我们不知道文字本是怎么泄露出去的。

  • ...a leaked report.

    走漏了风声的报告

  • Leak is also a noun.
    • More serious leaks, possibly involving national security, are likely to be investigated by the police.

      可能涉及国家安全的更严重泄密多半会交由警方调查。

  • Leak out means the same as leak .leak out同leak
    • More details are now beginning to leak out...

      更多的细节正透露出来。

    • He said it would leak out to the newspapers and cause a scandal.

      他说这件事会泄露给报界,引起丑闻。


Oxford leak / liːk ; NAmE liːk /
verb
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noun
leak leaks leaked leaking
verb 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to allow liquid or gas to get in or out through a small hole or crack 漏;渗漏;泄漏 a leaking pipe 渗漏的管道 The roof was leaking. 屋顶在漏水。 leaksth The tank had leaked a small amount of water. 水箱渗漏出少量的水。 2 [intransitive ] (of a liquid or gas 液体或气体 ) to get in or out through a small hole or crack in sth 渗入;漏出 Water had started to leak into the cellar. 水已开始渗入地下室。 3 [transitive ] leaksth (to sb) to give secret information to the public, for example by telling a newspaper 泄露,透露(秘密信息);走漏 SYN
disclose
The contents of the report were leaked to the press. 报告的内容泄露到新闻界了。 a leaked document 已外泄的文件
PHRASAL VERB ˌleak ˈout (of secret information 秘密信息 ) to become known to the public 泄露;走漏;透露 Details of the plan soon leaked out. 计划的细节很快就泄露出去了。
noun 1 a small hole or crack that lets liquid or gas flow in or out of sth by accident 漏洞;裂缝;缝隙 a leak in the roof 屋顶的漏洞 a leak in the gas pipe 煤气管道的裂缝 collocationsat
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2 liquid or gas that escapes through a hole in sth 泄漏出的液体(或气体) a gas leak 煤气泄漏 oil leaks/leaks of oil 漏油 3 a deliberate act of giving secret information to the newspapers, etc. (秘密信息的)透露 a leak to the press about the government plans on tax 有关政府税收计划的消息于新闻界的泄露 4 ( slang) an act of passing urinefrom the body 撒尿 to have/take a leak 撒尿 IDIOMsee
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leak / liːk ; NAmE liːk /
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leak1 verb
leak2 noun
leakleak1 /liːk/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through:  The roof is leaking. A tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Scotland.2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a gas or liquid leaks somewhere, it gets through a hole in something SYN  seepleak into/from/out Sea water was leaking into the batteries which powered the electric motors.3[transitive] to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc:  The report’s findings had been leaked.leak something to somebody civil servants who leak information to the press see thesaurus at
reveal
leak out phrasal verb if secret information leaks out, a lot of people find out about it:  No sooner had the news leaked out than my telephone started ringing.
leak1 verb
leak2 noun
leakleak2 ●●○ noun [countable]
Examples
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1a small hole that lets liquid or gas flow into or out of something:  There is a leak in the ceiling. The boat had sprung a leak (=a hole had appeared in it). see thesaurus at
hole
2a gas/oil/water etc leak an escape of gas or liquid through a hole in something:  A gas leak caused the explosion.3a situation in which secret information is deliberately given to a newspaper, television company etc:  It became evident from the leaks that something important was going on.4take/have a leak informal to get rid of waste liquid from your body SYN  urinate
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leak

[li:k]leaked, leaking, leaks

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leaked[3827] leaking[3689] leaks[2374]
漏(76%),泄露(10%),渗(8%),漏洞(6%)
n.泄漏;漏洞,裂缝
vt.使渗漏,泄露
vi.漏,渗;泄漏出去
n.(Leak)人名;(英)利克;(东南亚国家华语)力

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