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单词 leaky
释义
leaky
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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 FAMILY
leaky: leakier, leakiest, leakily, leakiness+/leak: leakage, leaked, leaker, leaking, leaks, leaky/leakage: leakages/leaker: leakers
USAGE EXAMPLES
The 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)
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1adj permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
a leaky roof
a leaky defense system
Syn|Ant
drafty, draughty
not airtight
drippy
leaking in drops
oozing, oozy, seeping
leaking out slowly
holey, porous
allowing passage in and out
permeable
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
unseaworthy
unfit for a voyage
tight
of such close construction as to be impermeable
air-tight, airtight, gas-tight
not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
dripless
designed to prevent dripping
hermetic
completely sealed; completely airtight
leakproof
not subject to leaks
rainproof, waterproof, waterproofed
not permitting the passage of water
snug
well and tightly constructed
watertight
not allowing water to pass in or out
tight
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
impermeable
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
seaworthy
fit for a sea voyage
2adj used informally; unable to retain urine
Syn
incontinent
not having control over urination and defecation
2
adj prone to communicate confidential information
Syn
blabbermouthed, talebearing, tattling
communicative, communicatory
able or tending to communicate
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