| 单词 | percolate |
| 释义 | percolate (once / 7177 pages) 1vn 2v When something percolates, it spreads gradually. If the news of your victory in the spelling bee spread slowly through your entire school, you could sit back and enjoy watching it percolate. When a liquid percolates, it's filtered through something, and when an idea percolates, it's filtered through a group of people. Percolate often refers specifically to coffee, which is brewed by mixing ground coffee beans with hot water and filtering them through paper — in other words, coffee percolates. The Latin root is percolatus, which comes from per, or "through," plus colare, "to strain." WORD FAMILYpercolate: percolated, percolates, percolating, percolation, percolator+/percolation: percolations/percolator: percolators USAGE EXAMPLESThough Mr. Sanders in now back on Capitol Hill, his organization is still percolating, and fundraising for progressive causes. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) It brings a smile as it percolates from my subconscious. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) But her campaign is still percolating with vigor, now recalibrated to revise the election narrative. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1v cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent 2v prepare in a percolator percolate coffee 3v pass through Syn|Hypo|Hyper filter, permeate, sink in infiltrate pass into or through by filtering or permeating infiltratecause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices penetrate, perforate pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance 4v permeate or penetrate gradually Syn|Hyper leach dribble, filter, trickle run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream 5v spread gradually Light percola ted into our house in the morning Hyper diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out move outward 6n the product of percolation 2Hyper filtrate the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter v gain or regain energy Syn|Hyper gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up convalesce, recover, recuperate get over an illness or shock |
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