no obj., with adverbial of direction
- (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes（液体）渗出, 渗漏：
water began to seep through the soles of his boots.
水开始从他的鞋底渗出。
- N. Amer. a place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground〈北美〉（油, 水）渗出地表的地方。
词源
late 18th cent.: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian 'to soak'.