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trickle

英 ['trɪk(ə)l]美['trɪkl]
  • vi. 滴;细细地流;慢慢地移动
  • vt. 使…滴;使…淌;使…细细地流
  • n. 滴,淌;细流

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词态变化


复数: trickles;第三人称单数: trickles;过去式: trickled;过去分词: trickled;现在分词: trickling;

助记提示


音:垂口,口角下垂,一滴滴流口水------垂涎欲滴、垂涎三尺。

中文词源


trickle 滴,淌,细流,涓流

可能缩写(或变体)自中古英语 striken,流,特指流泪,词源同 strike,击,打。-le,表反复。 后引申词义滴,淌,细流,涓流等。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

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2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

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3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.
政府并没有仅仅依赖垂滴经济学来解决贫困。

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4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.
往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。

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5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
连一道细流都没有。

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