单词 | leaky |
释义 | leaky (once / 4979 pages) 1adj 2adj Leaky things accidentally allow water (or gas) to pass through them. A leaky bucket is a bad thing, and a leaky diaper is even worse. A leaky hose lets water squirt out at different points, and a leaky helium balloon plummets to the ground, deflating as it falls. You can also talk about a leaky government, or a leaky newsroom — in other words, a group or a person guilty of exposing information that's meant to be kept secret or confidential. This kind of leak is a "deliberate disclosure of information," and it dates from the 1950s. WORD FAMILYleaky: leakier, leakiest, leakily, leakiness+/leak: leakage, leaked, leaker, leaking, leaks, leaky/leakage: leakages/leaker: leakers USAGE EXAMPLESThe athletes’ village was unfinished, all leaky pipes, faulty locks and unlit stairwells. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) And the leaky defense allowed Boston to shoot 48.4 percent from the field. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) In exchange for tending the landowner’s animals in their remote mountain village, the Chavez family got the use of a leaky wooden shack. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1adj permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases a leaky roof a leaky defense system Syn|Ant drafty, draughty not airtight drippyleaking in drops oozing, oozy, seepingleaking out slowly holey, porousallowing passage in and out permeableallowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through unseaworthyunfit for a voyage tight of such close construction as to be impermeable air-tight, airtight, gas-tightnot allowing air or gas to pass in or out driplessdesigned to prevent dripping hermeticcompletely sealed; completely airtight leakproofnot subject to leaks rainproof, waterproof, waterproofednot permitting the passage of water snugwell and tightly constructed watertightnot allowing water to pass in or out tightclosely constrained or constricted or constricting impermeablepreventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through seaworthyfit for a sea voyage 2adj used informally; unable to retain urine 2Syn incontinent not having control over urination and defecation adj prone to communicate confidential information Syn blabbermouthed, talebearing, tattling communicative, communicatory able or tending to communicate |
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