seeped
past simple and past participle ofseep
| 单词 | seeped |
| 释义 | seeped past simple and past participle ofseep seep verb[I+ adv/prep] uk/siːp/us/siːp/tomoveorspreadslowlyout of aholeor through something: Pesticides are seepingout offarmlandandintothewatersupply. figurativeGiven theintensesecrecyof thearmsbusiness,informationonly seepsoutincompanyliterature. Synonym ooze Movement of liquids
Examplesofseepedseeped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some prominent labor leaders were given material incentives to support the state machinery, and a general corruption of valuesseepedinto the movement. From theCambridge English Corpus This road became the main avenue through which state powerseepedinto the city space to reshape it. From theCambridge English Corpus Even so, there were limits to control and oppositionseepedthrough the few cracks in this monolith. From theCambridge English Corpus Faced with such difficulties in explaining change, older explanatory frameworks haveseepedinto the vacuum left by the new focus on culture. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it has barelyseepedinto the collective consciousness of even the best educated youth - ask anyone faced with first-year university intakes for geology modules. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite official complacency, disquiet about the ' methods of barbarism ' employed in the 1950s as in the 1900sseepedinto metropolitan debate. From theCambridge English Corpus This ambivalenceseepedinto the park administration's consciousness. From theCambridge English Corpus Special care was taken to ensure that no water from the bathseepedinto the dish during thawing. From theCambridge English Corpus Seated on a tripod, she inhaled the obnoxious vapours thatseepedup through a crevice in the ground. From theCambridge English Corpus It would be interesting to know to what extent these systems of thought - and in what form - hadseepedinto popular consciousness as well as into the author's. From theCambridge English Corpus Their arguments, increasingly,seepedinto political discourse. From theCambridge English Corpus The desert hasseepedinto the city. From theCambridge English Corpus There are those who have put asphalt floors on rotting wooden floorboards and disappeared before the asphalt hasseepedthrough to create a new problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It hadseepedthrough the ground through several miles, retaining all its toxic properties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The waterseepedin underneath the land, up through the drainage system, and damaged it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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