trickle
🇬🇧 UK/'trikl/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To flow or fall in a thin, slow stream of drops; to move or arrive slowly in small amounts
细细地流,滴流;缓慢少量地移动或到来
n.
A thin, slow flow of liquid; a small and slow movement of people or things
细流,涓流;少量缓慢的流动
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishtrickleother
=trickle
Common Collocations
- 1.trickle down涓涓流下;逐级渗透
- 2.a trickle of information零星的消息
- 3.slow trickle缓慢细流
- 4.trickle effect涓滴效应
Example Sentences
- 1.
A thin trickle of water ran down the cracked wall after the rain.
- 2.
Reports of the accident began to trickle in throughout the afternoon.
- 3.
Only a trickle of customers visited the store on the stormy day.