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单词 trickle
释义
trickle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈtrɪk.əl/us
/ˈtrɪk.əl/

trickleverb[I](LIQUID)

trickle down, from, out of, etc.something
Ifliquidtricklessomewhere, itflowsslowlyand withoutforcein athinline:
从…向下滴（或淌）
Bloodtrickledout of thecornerof hismouth.血从他的嘴角滴了下来。
Oil wastricklingfrom atinyholein thetank.油正从油罐上的一个小孔往下滴。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • run a bathphrase
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • spit
  • swill
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • tub
  • washsomethingaway
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trickleverb[I](SMALL NUMBER)

trickle in, out, back, etc.
toarriveormovesomewhereslowlyandgradually, insmallnumbers:
缓慢而零星地进入／离开／返回（等等）
Graduallypeopletrickledback into thetheatrefor the secondhalf.渐渐地，人们开始三三两两地回到剧院看下半场。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Slow and moving slowly
  • (as) slow as molassesidiom
  • at a snail's paceidiom
  • by and byidiom
  • by degreesidiom
  • clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
  • drift
  • float
  • inch by inchidiom
  • infiltrate
  • infiltration
  • jog
  • labour
  • lag
  • laggard
  • sluggishly
  • sluggishness
  • snail
  • steadily
  • steadiness
  • struggle
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trickle
noun
uk
/ˈtrɪk.əl/us
/ˈtrɪk.əl/

tricklenoun(SMALL NUMBER)

[S]
a verysmallnumberofpeopleor thingsarrivingorleavingsomewhere:
三三两两，零星
We usually only get a trickle ofcustomersin themornings.早上我们店里通常只有零星的顾客。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
  • by a noseidiom
  • clipping
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • dollop
  • grain
  • hint
  • oddments
  • paring
  • peewee
  • pinch
  • potsherd
  • skinny
  • spark
  • swatch
  • tad
  • thimbleful
  • tidbit
  • tiddler
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tricklenoun(LIQUID)

[C]
asmallamountofliquidthat isflowingslowlyin athinline:
从…向下滴（或淌）
A trickle ofmeltedbuttermadeitsway down hischin.一滴融化了的黄油顺着他的下巴向下滑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • run a bathphrase
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • spit
  • swill
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • tub
  • washsomethingaway
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(Definition oftricklefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

trickle| American Dictionary

trickle
verb[I]
us
/ˈtrɪk·əl/
(ofliquid) toflowslowlyand withoutforce:
Blood trickled from acutin hisforehead.
To trickle is also tohappengraduallyand insmallnumbers:
After thehurricane, all thetelephoneswere out, and it was sometimebeforereportsofdamagebeganto trickle in.
trickle
noun[C]
us
/ˈtrɪk·əl/
aslowflowof something, or asmallnumberofpeopleor thingsarrivingorleavingsomewhere:
A trickle ofsweatrandown hischest.
Only a trickle(=smallamount)ofgoodsreachedthevillage.
(Definition oftricklefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

trickle| Business English

trickle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈtrɪkl/us
toarriveormovesomewhereslowlyorgradually:
trickle backForeigncapitalhas been trickling back, asinvestorsseekhigherreturnsthan they canfindathome.
trickle inCustomers trickled inthroughouttheafternoon.
trickle outDetails havebegunto trickle out since thedealwasstruckMondaynight.

Phrasal verb

trickle down (to sb/sth)
trickle
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
/ˈtrɪkl/us
a verysmallnumberofpeopleor things:
a slow/steady trickle of sthThroughout thedaythere was asteadytrickle ofcustomers.
be reduced/dwindle/slow to a trickleTrading hasslowedto a trickle.
(Definition oftricklefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrickle

trickle
The journal vividly portrays the sense of uncertainty that enveloped the city as news of a^airs around its perimeters trickled in.
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Participants trickled in, eight all told.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Relatively little of such payments trickles down to the intended beneficiaries.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The greatest problem is that money for the schemes trickles out too slowly to cope with the scale of the problem.
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If money is put into a community—whether it is given to a landowner or anyone else—that money trickles down.
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In fact, the policy is trickling along in bottom gear.
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No doubt when railway facilities exist people will start trickling down into it.
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I think it yet trickles like water in some areas.
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Do not those practical examples illustrate how wealth has trickled up from the general economy to retired people?
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I have no doubt that some of that money trickles down to the poor.
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The young people are gradually trickling away from the district, seeking work elsewhere.
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Money that trickles back to the industry in that way has to filter through a very clever piece of mechanism.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is something structurally wrong with a system that pays so much subsidy, yet so little trickles through to the producer.
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I think that these small disparate trickles of protest might shortly well become a sweeping flood.
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Most of them feel the need to spend that wealth, and the wealth trickles down.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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