leak
verb[IorT]
uk/liːk/us/liːk/leakverb[I or T](LIQUID/GAS)
B2
(of aliquidorgas) toescapefrom aholeorcrackin apipeorcontainer; (of acontainer) toallowliquidorgastoescape:
(液体或气体)漏,泄漏Water was leakingfromthepipe.水正从管子里漏出来。
Oil leakedoutof thecar.油从车里漏了出来。
Thecarleakedoilall over thedrive.车上的油漏得满车道都是。
Thetinwas leaking.罐漏了。
- Thekitchenroofisaptto leak when itrains.
- Makesurethebucketdoesn't leak.
- Water was leaking all over thefloor.
- Mybootsare leaking.
- Thetankwas leakingpetroleverywhere.
Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage
- airlock
- ballcock
- caulking
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- hydrant
- influent
- mixer tap
- outfall
- overflow
- plunger
- sewage
- sewage works
- sewer
- siphon
- spigot
- standpipe
- syphon
- waterworks
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Movement of liquids
leakverb[I or T](INFORMATION)
C2
toallowsecretinformationtobecomegenerallyknown:
泄露,透露(机密信息)He leaked thenamestothepress.他向新闻界透露了名单。
News of thepaycutshadsomehowleakedout.降薪的消息不知怎的被泄漏了出去。
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
Idiom
leak like a sieve
leak
noun[C]
uk/liːk/us/liːk/leaknoun[C](LIQUID/GAS)
B2
aholeorcrackthrough which aliquidorgascanflowout of acontainer, or theliquidorgasthat comes out:
漏洞,泄漏处;漏出物There'swateron thefloor- we must have a leak.地板上有水——肯定是什么地方漏了。
If yoususpectagasleak,phonetheemergencynumber.如果你怀疑煤气泄漏就打救急电话。
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- A leak in thegasmainscausedamajorexplosion.
- There's agasleak and thewholebuildingcould go up at anymoment.
- Have youpluggedthat leak in thepipe?
- Thechemicalleak hadpoisonedthewatersupply.
- There was a leak in one of thepipesandwaterwassquirtingout all over thekitchenfloor.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spate
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
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Holes, hollows and dips
leaknoun[C](INFORMATION)
C2
theoriginofsecretinformationthatbecomesknown, or theactof making itknown:
(机密信息)泄露的源头;泄露There have been severalsecurityleaksrecently.最近发现了几处安全漏洞。
Theytracedthe leak to asecretaryin thefinancedepartment.他们追查出泄密的是财务部的一個秘书。
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
Idiom
take a leak/have a leak