单词 | trickle |
释义 | trickle trickle // verb, noun
■ verb [no obj]
to go, or to make sth go, somewhere slowly or gradually: Last month orders only trickled in. Investors are trickling back into the market after the long holiday.
PHRASAL VERBS
trickle down (especially about money) to spread from rich to poor people through the economic system of a country: The rising costs are trickling down to millions of customers. Wealth is failing to trickle down through society. TRICKLE-DOWN
■ noun [C, usually sing.]
a small amount or number of sth, coming or going slowly: There has been a steady trickle of redundancies over the last few months. The crisis has slowed exports to a trickle. |
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