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单词 trickle
释义

trickle

​noun singular
UK /ˈtrɪk(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
trickle verb
trickle-up adjective
trickle down phrasal verb
trickle-down adjective
trickle-down theory noun
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a small amount of a liquid or other substance that flows slowly

    The trickle had become a flood and now a torrent.

    trickle of:

    a trickle of blood

    Synonyms and related words
    General words for amounts of liquid
    river
    pool
    drop
  2. 2
    a slow rate at which people or things move
    at a trickle:

    The traffic was now moving at a trickle.

    Synonyms and related words
    Slow and gradual movements
    crawl
    climb
    trickle

trickle

​noun singular
US /ˈtrɪk(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
trickle verb
trickle-up adjective
trickle down phrasal verb
trickle-down adjective
trickle-down theory noun
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a small amount of a liquid or other substance that flows slowly

    The trickle had become a flood and now a torrent.

    trickle of:

    a trickle of blood

    Synonyms and related words
    General words for amounts of liquid
    splash
    sip
    drop
  2. 2
    a slow rate at which people or things move
    at a trickle:

    The traffic was now moving at a trickle.

    Synonyms and related words
    Slow and gradual movements
    crawl
    climb
    trickle

trickle

​verb intransitive
UK /ˈtrɪk(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
trickle noun
trickle-up adjective
trickle down phrasal verb
trickle-down adjective
trickle-down theory noun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theytrickle
he/she/ittrickles
present participletrickling
past tensetrickled
past participletrickled
DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly

    A solitary tear trickled down his cheek.

    We let the sand trickle between our toes.

    Synonyms and related words
    What liquids can do
    break
    burst
    cast up
  2. 2
    if people or things trickle in or out, a few of them arrive or leave

    Guests were beginning to trickle into the church.

    Synonyms and related words
    General words meaning to leave a place
    leave
    move on
    go away
    Synonyms and related words
    To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
    arrive
    enter
    reach
  3. 3
    if a ball trickles somewhere, it rolls there slowly
    Synonyms and related words
    Relating to the ball in sports and games
    backspin
    bouncy
    dead
phrasal verbs
trickle down

trickle

​verb intransitive
US /ˈtrɪk(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
trickle noun
trickle-up adjective
trickle down phrasal verb
trickle-down adjective
trickle-down theory noun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theytrickle
he/she/ittrickles
present participletrickling
past tensetrickled
past participletrickled
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly

    A solitary tear trickled down his cheek.

    We let the sand trickle between our toes.

    Synonyms and related words
    What liquids can do
    break
    burst
    cast up
  2. 2
    if people or things trickle in or out, a few of them arrive or leave

    Guests were beginning to trickle into the church.

    Synonyms and related words
    General words meaning to leave a place
    leave
    move on
    go away
    Synonyms and related words
    To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
    arrive
    enter
    reach
phrasal verbs
trickle down
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