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单词 seep
释义 seep
I. \ˈsēp\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of sipe, from Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian; akin to Middle Low German sipen to seep
1. : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
 < water had seeped in through a crack in the ceiling >
2.
 a. : to enter or penetrate slowly
  < some change gradually seeped into these regions — G.R.Willey >
 b. : to become diffused or spread : permeate
  < a sadness seeped through his being — Agnes S. Turnbull >
  < fear of the plague seeps like a miasma through the very air of this story — Jean S. Untermeyer >
3. : to become lost or dissipated by a gradual process : leak
 < speeches and other tokens of immediate vitality seep away into a colorless feeling of merely belonging — Edward Sapir >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a spot where a fluid (as water, oil, or gas) contained in the ground oozes slowly to the surface and often forms a pool
 b. : a small spring
2. : seepage
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: blend of sea and jeep
: an amphibious jeep
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