trickling
/ˈtrɪk.əl/ (bre, ipa) · [trˈɪklɪŋ] /ˈtrɪk.əl/ (ame, ipa) · [trˈɪklɪŋ] /ˈtri-kəl How to pronounce trickle (audio)/ (ame, mw)
trickling — verb
- tricklingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tricklings3rd person singular
- tricklinging-ing form
- tricklingedpast simple
1. a liquid moving slowly along a narrow path or falling in small separate drops
a liquid moving slowly along a narrow path or falling in small separate drops
Ari watched rainwater trickling down the window of his flat.
trickling + down + noun (direction of flow)
Jisoo noticed blood trickling from a small cut on her finger.
trickling + from + noun (source of liquid)
Sweat was trickling into Nora's eyes as she climbed the steep hill.
Yumi heard the sound of water trickling through the old stone wall.
Tea trickled slowly from the spout of the pot as Rin poured the last cup.
文法句型
trickling + down/from/into/through + noun
用法筆記
Subject is always a liquid — water, blood, sweat, paint, oil, or similar. Never used with solid objects.
常見錯誤
2. people, things, or information arriving at or leaving a place slowly and in smal
people, things, or information arriving at or leaving a place slowly and in small numbers, spread over a period of time
Tomás watched guests trickling into the hall before the wedding started.
trickling + into (people arriving at a place)
Dewi checked the charity's bank account, but donations were trickling in very slowly.
trickling in (money arriving gradually)
Isabela heard rumours about her promotion trickling out around the office.
Hari noticed fans were still trickling into the stadium after kick-off.
Only a few customers had been trickling through the door of Quinn's bookshop all morning.
- drifting in
suggests aimless or unplanned slow arrival rather than a steady pattern
- filtering through
implies passing through something (a system, a crowd) bit by bit
- flooding
arriving or appearing in very large numbers all at once
文法句型
trickling + in/out/into/through + noun
用法筆記
Subject can be people, money, information, or other countable things. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about gradual arrival or emergence, not about liquid movement.
常見錯誤
trickling — noun
1. a small, slow stream of liquid that moves along a narrow path or falls as separa
a small, slow stream of liquid that moves along a narrow path or falls as separate drops
Aaron placed a bucket under the trickling from the leaking pipe.
the trickling from + noun (source of the stream)
A constant trickling of water echoed from deep inside the cave wall.
Nurse Heather listened to the soft trickling of the IV drip beside the bed.
A faint trickling from the bathroom tap kept Imani awake all night.
文法句型
the trickling of + noun
a trickling from + noun
用法筆記
Always describes a liquid — water, blood, oil, or similar. Distinguish from noun sense 2: this sense is about the physical stream of liquid, not about numbers of people or things.
2. a very small number of people or things arriving at or leaving a place, spread t
a very small number of people or things arriving at or leaving a place, spread thinly over a long period
Brian expected a flood of replies but got only a trickling of emails.
a trickling of + plural noun (contrast with 'flood')
The steady trickling of tourists kept Dewi's beach café busy all summer.
Ilan was disappointed by the trickling of applications for the course.
A slow trickling of supporters arrived at the stadium after half-time.
- handful
refers to a small fixed number, not an ongoing slow arrival process
文法句型
a trickling of + plural noun