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单词 percolate
释义
percolate
verb
uk
/ˈpɜː.kəl.eɪt/us
/ˈpɝː.kəl.eɪt/

percolateverb(LIQUID)

[I]
If aliquidpercolates, itmovesslowlythrough asubstancewith verysmallholesin it:
渗透，渗漏，渗入
Seawaterpercolates down through therocks.海水从岩石中间渗流过去。
[IorT]
to makecoffeeusing amachinein whichhotwaterpassesthroughcrushedcoffeebeansinto acontainerbelow
（用渗滤式咖啡壶）滤煮（咖啡）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • slosh
  • spit
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • trickle
  • tub
  • washsomethingaway
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Crossing and moving through
Warm drinks

percolateverb(INFORMATION)

[I]
tospreadslowly:
扩散；弥漫
Thenewshasbegunto percolatethroughthestaff.消息开始在员工中传开来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spreading and scattering
  • all over the placeidiom
  • bedaub
  • bell
  • bestrew
  • billow
  • diffuse
  • dispersion
  • dusting
  • encroach on/uponsomething
  • fan out
  • go around
  • go/do the roundsidiom
  • radial
  • smudging
  • smudgy
  • spatter
  • spattered
  • splay
  • sprinkle
  • sweep
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(Definition ofpercolatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

percolate| American Dictionary

percolate
verb[I]
us
/ˈpɜr·kəˌleɪt/
(of aliquid) tomovethrough asubstanceby going through verysmallspaceswithin it:
Undergroundwaterhad percolated through thesoiltoformpuddles.
(Definition ofpercolatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpercolate

percolate
No organizational benefits appear to have percolated down to the members.
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However, there were many layers through which his messages percolated and were understood.
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On these days, the excess water is wasted as it percolates deep into the groundwater table or becomes runoff.
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He explained that the nominalization suffix nominalizes the syntactic category of a verb, and the role of the verb is percolated into its parent node.
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In the absence of a soil adsorptive capacity these are likely to be rapidly removed in percolating water.
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In this way, imbalance percolates up the tree, one level at a time, until it can be removed.
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Such features are never percolated up to the parent node of a rule.
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Second, fronted wh-words include a featural specification which percolates to the entire wh-phrase whereas non-fronted wh-words do not.
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Occasional evidence of this percolates through into the newspapers and, now and again, the law reports.
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Lakes may take in water from many miles away that has percolated through the soil or through aquifers over decades.
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Our definition suggests (but does not say) that all the categorial information of a conjunct percolates.
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Blood enters via the hepatic artery or portal vein, and percolates through the narrow sinusoidal channels before exiting through the central veins.
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Once activation has percolated through the network, a distributed pattern will be present at the output.
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Their interaction percolates subtly and gently through the term or substitution according to the direction chosen.
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In the second situation chemical is deposited on a solid surface or percolates to the surface of the ground.
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