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trickle

英 ['trɪk(ə)l] 美 ['trɪkl]

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解释

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

※ 提供单词"trickle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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。

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。

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。

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

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