| 单词 | leak |
| 释义 | leak —leaker, n. —leakless, adj. /leek/, n. 1. an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. 2. an act or instance of leaking. 3. any means of unintended entrance or escape. 4. Elect. the loss of current from a conductor, usually resulting from poor insulation. 5. a disclosure of secret, esp. official, information, as to the news media, by an unnamed source. 6. take a leak, Slang (vulgar). to urinate. v.i. 7. to let a liquid, gas, light, etc., enter or escape, as through an unintended hole or crack: The boat leaks. 8. to pass in or out in this manner, as liquid, gas, or light: gas leaking from a pipe. 9. to become known unintentionally (usually fol. by out): The news leaked out. 10. to disclose secret, esp. official, information anonymously, as to the news media: The official revealed that he had leaked to the press in the hope of saving his own reputation. v.t. 11. to let (liquid, gas, light, etc.) enter or escape: This camera leaks light. 12. to allow to become known, as information given out covertly: to leak the news of the ambassador's visit. [1375-1425; 1955-60 for def. 12; late ME leken < ON leka to drip, leak; akin to D lek, obs. G lech leaky. See LEACH1] |
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