单词 | trickle |
释义 | trickle —tricklingly, adv. /trik"euhl/, v. , trickled, trickling, n. v.i. 1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. 2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room. v.t. 3. to cause to trickle. n. 4. a trickling flow or stream. 5. a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding: a trickle of visitors throughout the day. [1325-75; ME triklen, trekelen (v.), appar. sandhi var. of strikle, perh. equiv. to STRIKE (in obs. sense "flow") + -LE] Syn. 4. dribble, seepage, drip. |
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