trickle
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1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth to) flow in a thin stream (使某物)成小股流动
Blood trickled from the wound. 血液从伤口中流出.
tears trickling down her cheeks 顺著她的面颊流下的泪水
trickle oil into the mixture bit by bit 把油一点点地注入混合物中.
2 [Ipr, Ip] come or go somewhere slowly or gradually 慢慢地或渐渐地来或去
people trickling into the hall 缓缓进入大厅的人们
The ball trickled into the hole. 那球慢慢地滚进洞内.
News is starting to trickle out. 消息逐渐传出. trickle, n
1 thin flow of liquid 小股水流; 涓涓细流
The stream is reduced to a mere trickle in summer. 夏天那小河水量减少, 成了涓涓细流.
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ (of sth) small amount coming or going slowly 缓慢来的或离去的少量事物
a trickle of information 一点一点来的少量信息.
Missed it! That was lucky. It can damage your car really badly.
躲过去了!真够幸运的。它会把车子撞坏的。
He could hear their crying, also children's voices.
他可以听到妇女们的哭声,还有孩子们的声音。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.