trickle

英 [ˈtrɪkl]

美 [ˈtrɪkl]

v.  (使)滴，淌，小股流淌; (使)慢慢走，缓慢移动
n.  细流; 涓流; 稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西

过去式：trickled　现在分词：trickling　复数：trickles　第三人称单数：trickles　过去分词：trickled　

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.10055 / COCA.8863

短语用例

trickle down

• （经国家经济体制）由富人向穷人滴流
  to spread from rich to poor people through the economic system of a country
  1. Tears were trickling down her cheeks.
     眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
  2. Trickle some oil over the salad.
     往色拉上滴些油。

牛津词典

verb

• （使）滴，淌，小股流淌
  to flow, or to make sth flow, slowly in a thin stream
  1. Tears were trickling down her cheeks.
     眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
  2. Trickle some oil over the salad.
     往色拉上滴些油。
• （使）慢慢走，缓慢移动
  to go, or to make sth go, somewhere slowly or gradually
  1. People began trickling into the hall.
     人们开始缓步进入大厅。
  2. News is starting to trickle out.
     消息渐渐传了出来。

noun

• 细流；涓流
  a small amount of liquid, flowing slowly
• 稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西
  a small amount or number of sth, coming or going slowly
  1. a steady trickle of visitors
     三三两两络绎不绝的游客

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)滴;(使)淌
  When a liquidtrickles, or when youtrickleit, it flows slowly in very small amounts.
  1. A tear trickled down the old man's cheek...
     一滴眼泪沿着老人的脸颊淌了下来。
  2. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head...
     往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。
  3. The trickling stream glistened in the sunlight.
     涓涓溪流在阳光下闪闪发亮。
  4. Trickleis also a noun.
     
  5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
     连一道细流都没有。
• VERB (小批地)慢慢移动
  When people or thingstricklein a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
  1. Some donations are already trickling in.
     一些捐赠已经陆续到来。
  2. Trickleis also a noun.
     
  3. 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。
  4. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
     难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

英英释义

noun

• flowing in drops
  1. there's a drip through the roof
  Synonym:dripdribble

verb

• run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
  1. water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
  2. reports began to dribble in
  Synonym:dribblefilter

双语例句

• The flood subsided to a trickle.
  那股洪水退成了涓涓细流。
• She felt a tear escape and trickle warmly down her cheek.
  她感到眼泪夺眶而出，热乎乎地淌过她的脸颊。
• The stream is reduce to a mere trickle in summer.
  夏天那小河水量减少，成了涓涓细流。
• Some donations are already trickling in.
  一些捐赠已经陆续到来。
• But in recent years, a trickle of studies have examined the question, with mixed results.
  但是，近年来，一系列的研究检验了这个问题，结果不统一。
• However, a trickle has considerably more chance of drying up completely than a flow.
  但是，涓涓细流与滚滚洪流相比，有更大的可能完全枯竭。
• What was just a trickle of controls before the current crisis is now a flood.
  在当前危机之前曾经只是涓涓细流的资本管制，现在已成了泛滥的洪水。
• Research on catalytic wet air oxidation trickle bed reactor in wastewater treatment and its application;
  考察了催化湿式氧化法对医院显影废水进行预处理的可行性。
• The tears were beginning to trickle down her cheeks.
  眼泪开始沿她的面颊淌下来。
• Airbus and Boeing have both seen a trickle of cancellations this year.
  空客和波音（boeing）今年都经历了少量订单被取消的情况。