1(of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.

屋顶漏水。

桶中渗出不明液体。

1. 1.1with adverbial of direction (of liquid, gas, etc.) be accidentally lost or admitted through a hole or crack in a container or covering.
   （液体、气体等）漏出，渗入
   water kept leaking in

   水持续渗入。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • This is from where, on the night of December 3, 1984, tons of poisonous gas leaked.
   • Look for dirty spots in your insulation, which often indicate holes where air leaks into and out of your house.
   • Gas could leak from the unsealed core, while working in water could also result in leakage.
   • He later learned that exhaust gases were leaking into the cabin of his car.
   • He warned that the fetid water could spread disease and that natural gas was leaking all over town.
   • The people who are left out in this system are like canaries that miners took with them; if poisonous gas were leaking into the mine, the canaries would sicken.
   • The gas leaked into the house through a manhole sewer system.
   • Holding her hand, he could feel sweat leak from his pores.
   • Light seemed to just leak out from his pores when he smiled.
   • Pain shot up his arm as he felt something warm leak between his clenched fingers.
   • There was a serious danger to them because gas was leaking.
   • Seven astronauts perished when hot exhaust gas leaked from one of the booster rockets, destroying the vehicle less than two minutes into the flight.
   • The explosion was the result of chlorine gas leaking from outmoded furnaces at the plant.
   • A young man and teenage girl have died after poisonous fumes leaked from a gas boiler.
   • The epidemic of drowsiness was blamed on gases leaking from toxic waste dumped at the site.
   • They also saw water leaking down from cracks in the rock and abundant crystal.
   • Had the gas leaked without igniting, the chances of a spark igniting all the gas at once would have been greater.
   • I could feel my blood pumping comfortably in my arteries and wondered why it didn't just leak out into nothingness.
   • If oil had leaked into the ballast water, that would have been detected at Singapore / Malaysia.
   • Now, the frigid water was leaking through that hole and causing not a little irritation.

2(of secret information) become known.

令人焦虑的情况被泄露出来。

1. 2.1with object Intentionally disclose (secret information)
   有意透露（秘密）
   a report was leaked to the press

   一份报告被透露给了报界。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • What would be the position if the MP then leaks the information to a journalist, and it is published in a newspaper?
   • The next three days were dominated by stories about the merits of the broadcast and who leaked information about the girl's family and not, as Labour had hoped, on general health issues.
   • He said it was his hope ‘that we will witness a grand jury investigation with reporters present being asked to reveal who is leaking this information’.
   • So, should the media have the right to ignore a news embargo and break a story early if the information is leaked from another source?
   • Any civil servant who is proven to have leaked the information should face prosecution for disclosing confidential information.
   • In the meantime, the president, of course, is focusing on who actually leaked news of this top secret spying program.
   • The president believes leaking classified information is a very serious matter and it should be pursued to the fullest extent by the appropriate agency.
   • The leaked document from the team confirms that consideration of recovery habitat protection was ‘therefore not addressed.’
   • You keep talking about the State leaking information.
   • But this generally doesn't apply to third parties to whom the journalist leaks the information, since they aren't bound by the contract.
   • Information was leaked to the press at the time of the shooting, indicating that the Brazilian had behaved in such a way as to encourage the police in their belief that he was a terrorist.
   • But now she is being accused of probably leaking board information through a third party by the respected journalist who published the leak.
   • Also, why, and on whose authority, did unnamed police sources leak information to the press?
   • I find that there is no evidence that Ottawa leaked the information to the press.
   • A lot of people are leaking information that they say is in that report.
   • Ministers were no less adept, leaking information to the press and timing official announcements to maximum advantage.
   • The news organizations fear the tougher law would result in subpoenas being issued to journalists who published leaked information.
   • Well, it wouldn't be the first time that White House staffers have leaked information to the Press Corp.
   • What would be the motivation for leaking this information?
   • This news is leaked to the press, who feed off it voraciously, hampering the investigation.

   Synonyms

   disclose, divulge, reveal, make known, make public, tell, impart, pass on, relate, communicate, expose, broadcast, publish, release, unveil, give away, betray, admit, confess, let slip, blurt out, bring into the open, bring to light

   let on

   informal take the lid off, blow wide open, blab, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, blow the gaff

1A hole in a container or covering through which contents may accidentally pass.

我检查了所有管道看有没有漏洞。

1. 1.1 An instance of leaking.
   a gas leak

   煤气泄漏。

   mass noun the leak of fluid may occur

   可能会发生漏液事故。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If it is found that the hole is nothing to do with the leak then we will pass on the cost to the council.
   • There was evidence of past leaks, and some pipework had been replaced in the plant room area.
   • Water companies have made big strides in reducing leaks from their pipes, a historic aggravating feature in dry periods.
   • Yes, yes, its function is plain: it seals the hole, preventing leaks.
   • While diesel is less flammable than gasoline, any fuel leak creates serious safety and environmental risks in a marine setting.
   • The 150-metre ship had been waiting about five miles off the Aberdeen coast for chemicals experts to arrive and contain the leak.
   • The objector also fears that accidental leaks from hazardous materials on the site could be detrimental to health.
   • The leak of wastewater containing diesel fuel and motor oil was discovered Friday at the fueling station about 25 miles northeast of Spokane.
   • It was two to three hours before the leak was contained, the cloud had dissipated, and the crisis was over.
   • The strike came after a recent accident involving an acid leak, which affected 40 workers.
   • A fuel leak which damaged a South Lakeland beck and endangered water supplies to 250,000 homes in Greater Manchester has cost a plant hire company almost 9,000.
   • Two pipelines at a petrochemical storage depot nearby reportedly have ruptured, but no leaks were detected.
   • The plant was not designed to contain a radiation leak, despite handling highly enriched fuel.
   • Caulk and patch the cracks to prevent leaks and the damage that could result from them.
   • Scottish Water is also to launch a campaign next month urging people to take care of the plumbing in their homes amid fears a freeze will result in widespread leaks from burst pipes.
   • The construction of a new pipe for pumping treated sewage into the sea is under review after years of costly leaks and accidents.
   • The students first asked for monetary compensation of the month's rent after a leak from the washing machine buckled the floorboards, making them feel unsafe about living in the flat.
   • I notice that a number of our trials at Hauxton have been rendered useless and part of our field apparently contaminated following what appears to have been a leak from a burst pipe.
   • Oil from its tanks is still seeping out and threatening local wildlife, despite elaborate efforts by the Ministry of Defence to contain the leaks.
   • Either way, the trick was to contain the leak and wait until the plumber could arrive the next morning.

   Synonyms

   discharge, leakage, leaking, oozing, seeping, seepage, drip, percolation

   escape, gush, issue, flow, outflow, emanation

   technical efflux

2An intentional disclosure of secret information.

一名雇员故意走漏了秘情。