trickle

• 指细小、缓慢或微弱流动的液体，特征是形成并滴落的水滴；也指少量、缓慢或零星地出现或移动的人或事物。

A noun referring to a small, slow, or gentle flow of liquid, characterized by the formation and falling of drops.

1. Small flow of liquidB1formal

   A slow, thin, or small stream of liquid, often flowing in drops.

   细流

   • A trickle of water came from the leaky faucet.
   • The rain was just a trickle against the window.
   • He could hear the trickle of a stream in the distance.

   同义词dribbledriprivuletseepage

   反义词floodflowgushstreamtorrent

2. Small amount or movementB2formal

   A small, slow, or gradual movement or amount of something, such as people, money, or information.

   少量或缓慢移动

   • A trickle of customers entered the store throughout the morning.
   • The donations started as a trickle but soon became a flood.
   • Only a trickle of news came from the remote village.

   同义词dribbledrip

   反义词floodflowgushstreamtorrent

• 动词，描述液体以小量缓慢而持续地流动；也比喻人或事物逐渐、零星地到来或出现。

A verb used to describe the slow, steady flow of a liquid in small amounts, or metaphorically, the gradual movement or arrival of people or things.

1. B1formal

   To run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.

   缓慢流淌

   • Water trickled from the leaky faucet all night.
   • Tears trickled down her cheeks as she listened to the sad story.
   • The rain trickled through the cracks in the roof.

   同义词dribbledripfilterleakoozepercolateseepstream

   反义词floodflowgushpour

2. Move slowly in small numbersB2informal

   To come or go slowly, in small numbers or amounts.

   缓慢少量地移动

   • People trickled into the theater just before the show started.
   • Donations trickled in over the course of the month.
   • News about the event trickled out to the public gradually.

   同义词dribbledriftfilterseepstraggle

   反义词floodpourstreamsurge