trickle

英 ['tr?k(?)l] 美['tr?kl]

GRECET6+TEM4IELTSTOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?trickles;第三人稱單數(shù):?trickles;過(guò)去式:?trickled;過(guò)去分詞:?trickled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?trickling;

音：垂口，口角下垂，一滴滴流口水------垂涎欲滴、垂涎三尺。

trickle 滴，淌，細(xì)流，涓流

可能縮寫（或變體）自中古英語(yǔ) striken,流，特指流淚，詞源同 strike,擊，打。-le,表反復(fù)。后引申詞義滴，淌，細(xì)流，涓流等。

trickle (n.): 1570s, from trickle (v.).
trickle (v.): late 14c., intransitive, of uncertain origin, possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike (v.)). Transitive sense from c. 1600. Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.

1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.: 洶涌的車流現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)變得稀稀拉拉。

2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.: 難民開(kāi)始三五成群地陸續(xù)逃離該國(guó)。

3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.: 政府并沒(méi)有僅僅依賴垂滴經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)來(lái)解決貧困。