trickle

英[\'trɪkl]
美[\'trɪkl]

意思解释

v. 滴;细细地流;使淌下;慢慢地移动
n. 滴;涓流;细流;稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西

变化形式

复数: trickles
第三人称单数: trickles
过去式: trickled
过去分词: trickled
现在分词: trickling

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。

用法例句

Corporate bond issuance has slowed to a trickle .
公司债的发行已减缓,变成了涓涓细流。
A steady trickle of cubans posted to venezuela or travelling abroad choose not to return .
被指派到委内瑞拉或者出国旅行后选择不再回国的人数已经形成一股平稳的细流。
What was just a trickle of controls before the current crisis is now a flood .
在当前危机之前曾经只是涓涓细流的资本管制,现在已成了泛滥的洪水。
Their ramblings seemed to have more truth in them than madness , as the trickle of souls became a torrent .
他们的数量看起来比他们的疯狂更接近事实,就像涓涓细流汇聚成一股洪流。
The trickle of shopping bags leaving the store with merchandise was nothing like the steady stream at a bustling apple store upstairs .
购物袋与商品离开商店的细流是一点也不象在一个繁忙的苹果商店楼上的稳定流。