trickle
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth to) flow in a thin stream (使某物)成小股流動
Blood trickled from the wound. 血液從傷口中流出.
tears trickling down her cheeks 順著她的面頰流下的淚水
trickle oil into the mixture bit by bit 把油一點點地注入混合物中.
2 [Ipr, Ip] come or go somewhere slowly or gradually 慢慢地或漸漸地來或去
people trickling into the hall 緩緩進入大廳的人們
The ball trickled into the hole. 那球慢慢地滾進洞內.
News is starting to trickle out. 消息逐漸傳出. trickle, n
1 thin flow of liquid 小股水流; 涓涓細流
The stream is reduced to a mere trickle in summer. 夏天那小河水量減少, 成了涓涓細流.
2 (usu sing 通常作單數) ~ (of sth) small amount coming or going slowly 緩慢來的或離去的少量事物
a trickle of information 一點一點來的少量信息.