trickle
英['tr?k(?)l]
美['tr?kl]
- vi. 滴；細細地流；慢慢地移動
- vt. 使…滴；使…淌；使…細細地流
- n. 滴，淌；細流
詞態變化
復數:?trickles;第三人稱單數:?trickles;過去式:?trickled;過去分詞:?trickled;現在分詞:?trickling;
助記提示
音：垂口，口角下垂，一滴滴流口水------垂涎欲滴、垂涎三尺。
中文詞源
trickle 滴，淌，細流，涓流
可能縮寫（或變體）自中古英語 striken,流，特指流淚，詞源同 strike,擊，打。-le,表反復。 后引申詞義滴，淌，細流，涓流等。
英文詞源
- trickle (n.)
- 1570s, from trickle (v.).
- trickle (v.)
- late 14c., intransitive, of uncertain origin, possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike (v.)). Transitive sense from c. 1600. Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.
雙語例句
- 1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
- 洶涌的車流現在已經變得稀稀拉拉。
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- 2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
- 難民開始三五成群地陸續逃離該國。
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- 3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.
- 政府并沒有僅僅依賴垂滴經濟學來解決貧困。
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- 4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.
- 往嬰兒的腦后部輕撩些水。
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- 5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
- 連一道細流都沒有。
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