trickle down
collocation向下滴流；逐渐流传
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
泪水顺着她的脸颊流下。
滴流；细细地流；涓涓地流
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滴流；细细地流；涓涓地流
to flow slowly in a thin stream or in drops
She trickled the olive oil into the salad dressing.
她将橄榄油细细地倒入沙拉酱中。
主语通常是液体。
将液体倒成细流或使其连续滴落。
to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
呈细流状流动或不断滴落。
to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
缓慢滴流,呈断断续续状
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
缓慢移动或滚动。
To move or roll slowly.
trickle
Base
原形
trickles
3rd person
第三人称单数
trickling
-ing
现在分词
trickled
Past
过去式
trickled
Past participle
过去分词
Water trickles from the tap.
水从水龙头滴下来。
The stream trickled down the hill.
小溪涓涓流下山。
Tears are trickling down her cheeks.
眼泪正沿着她的脸颊滴下来。
表示缓慢流动，常与液体或信息相关。
Water trickled down the windowpane after the rain.
雨后，水顺着窗玻璃涓涓流下。
AI contextual example
People began to trickle into the hall as the concert time approached.
随着音乐会时间临近，人们开始三三两两走进大厅。
AI contextual example
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
水从破裂的水管中滴落到草坪上。
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向下滴流；逐渐流传
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
泪水顺着她的脸颊流下。
稀稀拉拉地到来；缓慢进入
Guests began to trickle in at around nine.
九点左右客人们开始稀稀拉拉地到来。
慢慢流出；陆续透露
The information trickled out over several weeks.
这些信息在几周内慢慢透露出来。
缓慢渗透；逐渐穿过
Sunlight trickled through the leaves.
阳光透过树叶洒落下来。
逐渐消失；慢慢散去
The crowd began to trickle away after the speech.
演讲结束后，人群开始慢慢散去。
陆续返回
Players trickled back onto the field after the break.
中场休息后，球员们陆续回到场上。
（财富、好处等）逐渐向下传递，涓滴下去
The benefits of the tax cut will eventually trickle down to ordinary families.
减税的好处最终会逐渐惠及普通家庭。
三三两两地到来，逐渐零星地涌入
Guests began to trickle in just after seven o'clock.
七点刚过，客人就开始三三两两地来了。
（信息等）逐渐泄露出来，零星传出
Details of the scandal have started to trickle out.
这桩丑闻的细节开始逐渐泄露出来。
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细水长流：trickle 像水滴‘滴、滴’轻响，一条细细的水流缓缓淌过，不急促却不停歇。
语域：neutral 常见场景：liquid flowing in a thin stream or drops、people or things arriving slowly and in small numbers trickle 作动词时通常用来描述液体呈细流或滴状缓慢流动，也可比喻人群、消息等零星缓慢出现。该词属中性语域，日常口语和书面语中都较常见。
True rhymes: pickle, fickle, tickle, sickle, prickle, and nickel all share the stressed /ɪ/ plus /kəl/ ending, so they rhyme with trickle. Lookalikes that sound different: trifle /ˈtraɪfəl/ and tinkle /ˈtɪŋkəl/.
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