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 English
trickleother
=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.

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