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seep

/seep/US // sip //UK // (siːp) //

渗漏,渗入,渗水,渗出

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
    • : to enter or be introduced at a slow pace: The new ideas finally seeped down to the lower echelons.
    • : to become diffused; permeate: Fog seeped through the trees, obliterating everything.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to seep; filter: The vodka is seeped through charcoal to purify it.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : moisture that seeps out; seepage.
    • : a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground has oozed to the surface of the earth.

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Examples

  • Part of the decomposition process causes bodies to bloat and blood to sometimes seep from the mouth.

  • But the big question is: Will some GOP crazy talk seep out between now November 4?

  • Freedom will seep into the bedrock as we rediscover our backbone.

  • In other words, take a minute to really be conscious of the emotion, instead of just letting it seep in.

  • And it takes time for world events to seep into the culture.

  • The tendency is no sooner blocked along one channel than it begins to seep through another.

  • They wanted to make sure whether enough water would seep through to carry any of the dam material along with it.

  • A little below this glade was a place, shady and cool, where a seep of water came from under a bank.

  • Then the brook can carry away the dish-water without having it seep into the ground and find its way to mingle with the pool.

  • The fourth night from the river we camped at a small "seep" spring.