a trickle of sth
sth 通常是水、血、汗等液体，强调流量很小。
A trickle of blood ran down his chin.
一股血从他下巴上淌下来。
细流；涓流；潺潺声
trickles — plural of trickle
滴流；滴落；小溪；细流；极细的河流。；滴流；极细的流动；这种流动的声音。
a small thin flow of liquid, or the quiet sound it makes
极细的河流。
A very thin river.
滴流
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
极细的流动；这种流动的声音。
A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
A steady trickle of water ran from the broken pipe.
一股稳定的细流从破裂的管道中流出。
用法提示：trickle 在这里是名词，指细小的水流。
Melted snow made a small trickle down the hillside.
融雪形成的涓涓细流顺着山坡流下。
用法提示：trickle 作名词，表示细流或涓流。
Only a trickle of water came out of the old faucet.
老旧的水龙头只流出一点点水。
用法提示：trickle 指微弱、缓慢的水流。
sth 通常是水、血、汗等液体，强调流量很小。
A trickle of blood ran down his chin.
一股血从他下巴上淌下来。
用来说明水流由大变小，最后只剩涓涓细流。
By late summer the stream had slowed to a trickle.
到了夏末，那条小溪已经变成了一股细流。
也常用被动式 be reduced to a trickle。
The drought reduced the river to a trickle.
干旱使那条河只剩下涓涓细流。
强调单滴落下，比trickle规模更小，常用于水龙头滴水
指细小而断断续续的流动，与trickle相近但更强调不连续
指单个液滴，trickle可指多个滴形成的细流，drop侧重个体
强调液体从缝隙缓慢渗出，trickle侧重滴落或细流，seepage更正式
grammar · medium
易错句子Only a trickle water came out of the tap.
正确表达Only a trickle of water came out of the tap.
trickle 是名词，表示“一小股细流”，须用 a trickle of + 名词 的结构，由介词 of 引出所流的东西；汉语“一股水”把量词直接放在名词前，没有对应的介词，所以容易漏掉 of。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was trickle of water running down the wall.
正确表达There was a trickle of water running down the wall.
trickle 是可数名词，单数形式在句中泛指“一股细流”时必须带不定冠词 a；汉语名词没有冠词系统，学习者常漏加冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子A few trickle of water seeped through the crack in the roof.
正确表达A few trickles of water seeped through the crack in the roof.
trickle 为可数名词，与表示复数的 a few 连用时必须用复数形式 trickles，不能保留单数；汉语名词不随数量改变形式，学习者容易忽略英语可数名词的复数标记。
表示大量水流的反义词，对应“细流”
表示湍急水流，与涓滴相对
表示猛烈涌出的水流
表示大河水流，与细流相对
表示大洪水，强调水量巨大
细流的水
There was only a small trickle of water coming from the faucet.
水龙头只流出一小股细流。
一涓鲜血
A thin trickle of blood ran down his leg.
一股细细的血流顺着他的腿流下。
稳定的涓流
A steady trickle of visitors entered the museum all afternoon.
整个下午，游客络绎不绝地进入博物馆。
缓慢的细流
The information came out in a slow trickle over several days.
信息在几天内缓慢地一点点透露出来。
细细的涓流
A thin trickle of smoke rose from the chimney.
一缕细细的烟从烟囱升起。
涓滴效应
The trickle-down theory assumes that benefits for the rich will eventually reach the poor.
涓滴理论假定对富人的好处最终会惠及穷人。
慢慢流入
Donations began to trickle in after the appeal.
呼吁之后，捐款开始慢慢流入。
慢慢流出
Details of the scandal have started to trickle out.
有关丑闻的细节开始慢慢流出。
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减少至涓涓细流
Due to the drought, the river was reduced to a trickle.
由于干旱，河流变成了一股涓涓细流。