英语词典 · 单词释义
trickle
英 ['trɪk(ə)l] 美 ['trɪkl]
这里集中整理“trickle”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- 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
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: trickles;第三人称单数: trickles;过去式: trickled;过去分词: trickled;现在分词: trickling;
助记提示
音：垂口，口角下垂，一滴滴流口水------垂涎欲滴、垂涎三尺。
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.
- 往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
- 连一道细流都没有。
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