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单词 leaky
释义
leaky
(lki )
Word forms: leakier, leakiest
adjective
Something that is leaky has holes, cracks, or other faults which allow liquids and gases to pass through.
...the cost of repairing the leaky roof.
Synonyms: leaking, split, cracked, punctured  
Collocations:
leaky defence
He points to a concerted effort to improve a perennially leaky defence.
Times,Sunday Times
On-loan keeper hopes to plug a leaky defence.
The Sun
There have also been significant reshuffles in the backline and tactical rejigs in an attempt to plug a leaky defence.
The Sun
Certainly, their artist's drawing seems to be impressionistic at best, with no visible sign of a track or even a leaky defence.
Times, Sunday Times
You can get 33-1 for them to qualify which borders on criminal — especially when you consider their leaky defence has kept just one clean sheet in 10 games.
The Sun
leaky pipe
And it's all down to a leaky pipe.
The Sun
The so-called post-16 'leaky pipe' required further investigation, they said.
Times, Sunday Times
Bury a length of porous hose, also known as 'leaky pipe', beneath raised beds to maintain a slow, steady rate of watering for vulnerable seedlings.
Times, Sunday Times
It must have been a leaky pipe or something because it was right under the bathroom.
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It blamed a leaky pipe near the production line for the contamination.
Times, Sunday Times
leaky valve
But the real world provides you with a leaky valve.
Christianity Today
If there's a narrowed or leaky valve, the flow of blood will be audible, too, as a 'murmur'.
Times, Sunday Times
The eight-times-married movie icon had surgery to correct a 'leaky valve'.
The Sun
Doctors unblocked two heart vessels with stents, but his heart was severely damaged and a leaky valve meant that further surgery was his only chance of recovery.
Times, Sunday Times
The cause of the anomaly was traced to a leaky valve, which allowed fuel to leak during the coast between the first and second burns.
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