trickle
trickle 英 [ˈtrɪkl] 美 [ˈtrɪkəl]
vi. 滴；细细地流；慢慢地移动 vt. 使…滴；使…淌；使…细细地流 n. 滴，淌；细流
进行时:trickling 过去式:trickled 过去分词:trickled 第三人称单数:trickles 名词复数:trickles
- To trickle is to weakly flow out of something, like a faucet. A trickle is like a drip.
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- vi. 滴；细细地流；慢慢地移动
- vt. 使…滴；使…淌；使…细细地流
- n. 滴，淌；细流
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1. The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.
这条小河变成细流了。
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2. Information technology has already had a huge effect on the productivity of large businesses, but the benefits from "trickle down productivity" may be even more significant.
信息科技已经对大型企业的生产力产生了重大的影响 但是从"水滴石漏型生产力"中产生的效益或许才更显著.
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3. Answers to some of these questions should trickle in over the next several weeks.
对于这些问题的答案将在接下来的几个星期中逐渐显现出来。
- 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.
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