| 释义 |
leak /lēk/ noun- A crack or hole in a vessel or container through which fluid may pass
- Passage through such an opening
- An act of urination (slang)
- A place, means or instance of unintended or undesirable admission or escape (lit and figurative)
- The usu unauthorized, but sometimes only apparently unauthorized, revealing of secret information
- A piece of such information
- A loss of electricity from a conductor, etc, usu because of faulty insulation
- A high resistance, esp serving as a discharging path for a condenser (elec)
adjective (obsolete)Leaky intransitive verb- To have a leak
- To pass through a leak
- To urinate (slang)
transitive verb- To cause to leak
- To let out or in by, or (figurative) as if by, a leak
- To divulge (secret information) without, or apparently without, authorization, or to cause this to be done
ORIGIN: OE hlec leaky; or perh reintroduced from Du or LGer lek leak; or ON leka to leak leakˈage noun - A leaking
- Something which enters, escapes or is revealed by leaking
- An allowance for leaking
leakˈer noun leakˈiness noun leakˈy adjective leak out - (of air) to escape
- (of secret information) to be divulged to the public without, or apparently without, authorization
spring a leak To become leaky take a leak (slang) To urinate |