trickle

柯林斯词典

1. V-T/V-I When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in a thin stream. 使細流; 細流
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek. 一滴淚水順著老人的麪頰流了下來。
2. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 細流
There was not so much as a trickle of water. 一點兒細流的水也沒有。
3. V-I When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together. (陸續地) 慢慢移動
Some donations are already trickling in. 一些捐款已經陸續到了。
4. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 慢慢移動
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle. 洪水般的車流現已減緩爲慢慢移動了。