trickle

trickle

英 ['trɪk(ə)l]
　　美 ['trɪkl]

vi. 滴；細細地流；慢慢地移動
　　vt. 使…滴；使…淌；使…細細地流
　　n. 滴，淌；細流

中文詞源：

trickle 滴，淌，細流，涓流

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

例句：

1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
洶湧的車流現在已經變得稀稀拉拉。

2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
難民開始三五成群地陸續逃離該國。

3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.
政府並沒有僅僅依賴垂滴經濟學來解決貧困。

4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.
往嬰兒的腦後部輕撩些水。

5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
連一道細流都沒有。