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Trickle Water Trickling   [V Called Slowly Small Noun

英语单词 trickle
英美音标 英 ['trɪkl] 美 ['trɪkl]
中文释义 vi.滴流;慢慢移动
n.细流;徐徐地流
英语例句 (1) A river that flowed out of the lake was reduced to a trickle.
(2) Only a trickle of water came out of the pipe.
(3) No water to trickle down into the cabinets below.
中文例句 (1) 一条曾经从该湖流出的小河,现在已经变成了一条滴流。
(2) 管子里淌出来的只是小小的细流。
(3) 没有水,以涓滴细流下来到机柜下面。
vocabulary简明 To trickle is to weakly flow out of something, like a faucet. A trickle is like a drip.
vocabulary扩展 There are a lot of ways water can flow, but one type of slow dripping is called trickling. If your shower is only releasing a trickle of water, you're not going to get much of a shower. If it's raining — but only a trickle — you might not need an umbrella. A slightly leaky roof is trickling. A trickle is the opposite of a downpour or flood. Trickling can also be called dribbling.
柯林斯解释
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)滴;(使)淌 When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in very small amounts.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  [Also V]
  [usu sing]
  • A tear trickled down the old man's cheek...

    一滴眼泪沿着老人的脸颊淌了下来。

  • Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head...

    往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。

  • The trickling stream glistened in the sunlight.

    涓涓溪流在阳光下闪闪发亮。

  • Trickle is also a noun.
    • There was not so much as a trickle of water.

      连一道细流都没有。

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[VERB 动词](小批地)慢慢移动 When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
  [V adv/prep]
  • Some donations are already trickling in.

    一些捐赠已经陆续到来。

  • Trickle is also a noun.
    • The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle...

      汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

    • A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.

      难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

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