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trickling

/trik-uhl/US // ˈtrɪk əl //UK // (ˈtrɪkəl) //

涓涓细流,涓涓流淌,涓涓流淌的,涓滴

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    trick·led, trick·ling.

    • : to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
    • : to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room.
v.有主动词 verb
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    trick·led, trick·ling.

    • : to cause to trickle.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a trickling flow or stream.
    • : a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding: a trickle of visitors throughout the day.

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Examples

  • Lakes and rivers that overflow during the winter months are reduced to puddles and trickles come summer.

  • In late October, demand for tests at a mobile testing site near a playground in Midwood had slowed to a trickle.

  • There had always been a trickle and a presence largely on the West Coast, but now it has gushed and sprawled.

  • Animals began to move between the continents, in a trickle at first and then in a massive wave after the isthmus had fully formed around 3 million years ago.

  • Challenger banks can earn a trickle of revenue from merchants when customers swipe their debit cards, but not enough to thrive in the long term.

  • Reports began trickling out in the press this week that GOProud had decided to close up shop.

  • In L.A., the really exhilarant cooking was bubbling up from the bottom, not trickling down from the top.

  • Palestinians say that armed Jewish settlers have been trickling back to try and reestablish a permanent presence there.

  • But the money is not trickling down to the real stars of the show, the student-athletes.

  • That capital has been trickling back into government coffers as well.

  • My mouth was dry, and I could feel cold sweat trickling down my spine.

  • The charge had passed through his chest, and the blood was trickling forth sluggishly.

  • The sweat-drops rained from his brow, and fell trickling down through the pale moonlight.

  • The Douay version is: "And his sweat became as drops of blood trickling down upon the ground."

  • Trying to rise he felt blood trickling down his neck, and he turned sick and blind.