| 单词 | to leak out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leak out b. to leak out (figurative): to transpire or become known in spite of efforts at concealment. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed > inadvertently to get out1792 to leak out1832 slip1848 1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. To leak out,..to escape privately from confinement or secresy; as a fact or report. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing 58 If it should leak out that I was going. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 33 We had heard rumours of such a ship to follow us, which had leaked out from the captain. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xix. 18 I can see it leaking out in fifty different ways—just that same strong, overbearing, dominant spirit. 1884 Manch. Examiner 27 May 5/1 The outcry which was raised when the rumour of it leaked out. 1884 ‘Rita’ Vivienne ii. v The carefully-guarded secret had leaked out in some way or other. < as lemmas |
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