trickle

• vi. 滴；細細地流；慢慢地移動
• vt. 使…滴；使…淌；使…細細地流
• n. 滴，淌；細流

可能縮寫（或變體）自中古英語 striken,流，特指流淚，詞源同 strike,擊，打。-le,表反複。 後引申詞義滴，淌，細流，涓流等。

trickle (n.)

1570s, from trickle (v.).

trickle (v.)

late 14c., intransitive, of uncertain origin, possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike (v.)). Transitive sense from c. 1600. Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.

1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.

洶湧的車流現在已經變得稀稀拉拉。

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2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.

難民開始三五成群地陸續逃離該國。

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3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.

政府並沒有僅僅依賴垂滴經濟學來解決貧困。

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4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.

往嬰兒的腦後部輕撩些水。

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5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.

連一道細流都沒有。

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