trickling

/ˈtrɪk.əl/ (bre, ipa) · [trˈɪklɪŋ] /ˈtrɪk.əl/ (ame, ipa) · [trˈɪklɪŋ] /ˈtri-kəl How to pronounce trickle (audio)/ (ame, mw)

trickling — 動詞

  • 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

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

緩緩流下

液體緩慢少量地流動

a liquid moving slowly along a narrow path or falling in small separate drops

例句

Ari watched rainwater trickling down the window of his flat.

Ari 看著雨水沿著他公寓的窗戶緩緩流下。

trickling + down + noun (direction of flow)

Jisoo noticed blood trickling from a small cut on her finger.

Jisoo 注意到血從她手指上的小傷口緩緩流出。

trickling + from + noun (source of liquid)

同義詞
  • dripping

    falls in separate drops rather than a thin connected stream

  • seeping

    moves through small holes or pores, often invisible from the surface

  • streaming

    flows more strongly and in a greater volume, often with pressure

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

❌Water was dripping down the glass in a thin line.
✅Water was trickling down the glass in a thin line.
💡'dripping' means separate drops falling one by one; 'trickling' means a thin but connected stream.

2. people, things, or information arriving at or leaving a place slowly and in smal

2.動詞不及物C1
釋義

陸續到來

人或事物少量緩慢地到達

people, things, or information arriving at or leaving a place slowly and in small numbers, spread over a period of time

例句

Tomás watched guests trickling into the hall before the wedding started.

Tomás 看著賓客在婚禮開始前陸續走進大廳。

trickling + into (people arriving at a place)

Dewi checked the charity's bank account, but donations were trickling in very slowly.

Dewi 查看了慈善機構的銀行帳戶，但捐款進來得非常緩慢。

trickling in (money arriving gradually)

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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

❌The fans were flooding into the stadium.' (when meaning gradual arrival)
✅The fans were trickling into the stadium.
💡'flooding' means arriving in very large numbers all at once, the opposite of 'trickling.'

trickling — 名詞