单词 | trickling |
释义 | tricklingn. a. The action of trickle v.; also concrete that which trickles. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] droppingc1000 drippingc1440 stilling1530 trickling1629 dropa1637 drip1675 drip feed1899 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > in drops or trickles trickle1580 exstillation1605 trickling1629 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing > small amount trickling1629 drilling1634 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > that which flows > quantity > small amount rill1615 rillet1840 trickle1857 trickling1863 tricklet1880 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 34 The slow tricklings of his Mercie;..the full streame of outward blessings. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xvii. 1068 The tides [of blood]..In feebler, not less fatal tricklings flow. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 134 Shale..wet with tricklings from the rock overhead. b. trickling filter n. = percolating filter n. at percolating n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > apparatus for sewage treatment septic tank1896 percolating filter1901 contact bed1902 trickling filter1903 bacteria bed1913 sedimentation tank1920 septic1929 comminutor1939 1903 W. J. Dibdin Purification of Sewage & Water (ed. 3) p. xv I think it is quite practicable to deal with Leeds sewage on trickling filters without antecedent septic treatment. 1976 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 30 266 Bacterial and viral aerosols are generated..and bacteria have been detected at least 0·8 mile from a trickling filter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019). tricklingadj. That trickles: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > small amount trickling1513 trickly1876 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > out or forth > drop by drop trickling1513 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > in drops or trickles exstillatitious1657 weeping1686 trickling1791 c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence l. 278 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 410 Þane laurence handis one hym lad with t[r]ygland terys.] 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iv. 23 With habundans of mony trigland teir Wetand thar brestis. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Cc.iiv Not euery tricklyng teare doth argue inward paine. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 52 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 107 The trickling springs to such huge Riuers grew. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 181 Rivers..which after a long trickling race..disembogue themselves into the Caspian. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 170 Stained with thy trickling blood. 1848 J. Edmeston Sacred Poetry (1868) 202 Dry the trickling tear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1629adj.1513 |
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