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单词 trickle
释义
trickle
(trɪkəl )
Word forms: trickles , trickling , trickled
1. verb
When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in very small amounts.
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head. [VERB noun]
The trickling stream glistened in the sunlight. [VERB-ing]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: dribble, run, drop, stream  
Trickle is also a noun.
There was not so much as a trickle of water. [+ of]
2. verb
When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
Some donations are already trickling in. [VERB adverb/preposition]
Trickle is also a noun.
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
Collocations:
water trickles
Cavern after cavern runs under the surface, lit from above, and, underfoot, water trickles in channels between the paving.
Times, Sunday Times
Water trickles into the nostrils of the 'rhinopithecus strykeri', setting off the fits.
The Sun
Green water trickles through shallow ditches that wind beside the tents.
Times, Sunday Times
Towards the end of the piece, water trickles over the stage, little rivulets that join and pool.
Times, Sunday Times
He has used the old timbers from the barn to create a bower, covered in climbing roses, while the water trickles into the pond from an old drinking trough.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 细流
Japanese: ちょろちょろ流れる
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