trickle
US
UK trickle n: (slow stream)
SC 细流，滴淌，滴流 xì liú，dī liú
James hadn't turned the tap off completely and a trickle of water still ran from it.
詹姆斯没有把水龙头完全关好，还有水在滴流。
trickle vi: (flow slowly)
SC 涓滴流淌，慢慢流淌 juān dī liú tǎng
Blood trickled from the cut on Paula's knee. Sand trickled into the bottom of the hourglass.
血从宝拉膝盖上的口子里流淌出来。沙子慢慢流入沙漏底部。
trickle n: figurative (slow flow of [sth] or people) (表示量少)
SC 小股
SC 细流 xì liú
Mr Jones closed up early, as there had only been a trickle of customers all day.
一整天都没什么客人，所以琼斯先生早早就打烊了。
trickle in vi + prep: figurative (people: arrive slowly) (人)
SC 慢慢到达
TC 慢慢到達
TC 慢慢到達
The orchestra was tuning up as the audience started to trickle in.
交响乐队调音时，观众席慢慢坐满了人。
trickle in vi + prep: figurative (signups, sales, etc.: happen slowly)
SC 逐渐出现 zhú jiàn chū xiàn
TC 逐漸出現
TC 逐漸出現
SC 慢慢发生
Offers have been trickling in since we put the house on the market last month.
自从上个月这栋房子挂牌出售以来，咨询的人就接连不断。
trickle out vi + prep: figurative (people: leave slowly) (人)
SC 慢慢离开
TC 慢慢離開
TC 慢慢離開
When the lights went up in the movie theater, people were already trickling out.
灯亮起来，人们纷纷离开电影院。
trickle away vi + adv: (liquid: slowly flow away) (液体)
SC 慢慢流走 màn màn liú zǒu
trickle away vi + adv: figurative (slowly dissipate)
SC 慢慢散去，慢慢消失
trickle down vi + adv: (economics: work from top down) (利益在从富裕阶层往下传递)
SC 渗漏 shèn lòu
TC 滲漏
TC 滲漏
Liberal economists believe that if you allow the top tier of society to become very rich, wealth will trickle down to the lower tiers and everyone will become richer.
trickle vent n: (ventilation fitting)
SC 涓流通风孔