单词 | seep |
释义 | seep /seep/, v.i. 1. to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall. 2. (of ideas, methods, etc.) to enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons. 3. to become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything. v.t. 4. to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it. n. 5. moisture that seeps out; seepage. 6. a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth. [1780-90; perh. var. of dial. sipe, itself perh. continuing OE sipian (c. MLG sipen)] |
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