trickle

verb

1. （使）滴，淌，小股流淌
   to flow, or to make sth flow, slowly in a thin stream
   1. Tears were trickling down her cheeks.
      眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
   2. Trickle some oil over the salad.
      往色拉上滴些油。
2. （使）慢慢走，缓慢移动
   to go, or to make sth go, somewhere slowly or gradually
   1. People began trickling into the hall.
      人们开始缓步进入大厅。
   2. News is starting to trickle out.
      消息渐渐传了出来。

noun

1. 细流；涓流
   a small amount of liquid, flowing slowly
2. 稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西
   a small amount or number of sth, coming or going slowly
   1. a steady trickle of visitors
      三三两两络绎不绝的游客

1. V-ERG (使)滴;(使)淌
   When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in very small amounts.
   1. A tear trickled down the old man's cheek...
      一滴眼泪沿着老人的脸颊淌了下来。
   2. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head...
      往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。
   3. The trickling stream glistened in the sunlight.
      涓涓溪流在阳光下闪闪发亮。
   4. Trickle is also a noun.
      
   5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.
      连一道细流都没有。
2. VERB (小批地)慢慢移动
   When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
   1. Some donations are already trickling in.
      一些捐赠已经陆续到来。
   2. Trickle is also a noun.
      
   3. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle...
      汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。
   4. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
      难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

1. She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
   她抓起一把沙子，让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。
2. A tear trickled down the old man's cheek
   一滴眼泪沿着老人的脸颊淌了下来。
3. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head
   往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。
4. The trickling stream glistened in the sunlight.
   涓涓溪流在阳光下闪闪发亮。
5. Some donations are already trickling in.
   一些捐赠已经陆续到来。
6. The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.
   这条小河变成细流了。
7. Repercussions will ultimately trickle down to you.
   最终还是会反应到你头上。
8. Airbus and Boeing have both seen a trickle of cancellations this year.
   空客和波音（boeing）今年都经历了少量订单被取消的情况。
9. Luckily, none of the juice went into his mouth although it did trickle down his collar!
   幸好，橘子汁流到了他的领子上，没有流进他的嘴里。
10. The flood subsided to a trickle.
    那股洪水退成了涓涓细流。
11. I would trickle down on your lips.
    我滑落到你的唇上。
12. The tears were beginning to trickle down her cheeks.
    眼泪开始沿她的面颊淌下来。
13. Corporate bond issuance has slowed to a trickle.
    公司债的发行已减缓，变成了涓涓细流。
14. But in recent years, a trickle of studies have examined the question, with mixed results.
    但是，近年来，一系列的研究检验了这个问题，结果不统一。
15. These beliefs cut off the inflow of money into countless lives-or slowed it to a trickle.
    这些观念截断了无数人的“向内流动的金钱之流”，或者把它变成了缓慢的细流。
16. She felt a tear escape and trickle warmly down her cheek.
    她感到眼泪夺眶而出，热乎乎地淌过她的脸颊。
17. After some time I started receiving a steady trickle of letters.
    过了一段时间，我开始不停的收到一些回信。
18. The trickle became a stream.
    涓涓细流汇成了小溪。
19. Research on catalytic wet air oxidation trickle bed reactor in wastewater treatment and its application;
    考察了催化湿式氧化法对医院显影废水进行预处理的可行性。
20. Since then, the trickle has become a flood.
    自那以来，涓涓细流变成了一股洪流。
21. The trickle had become a flood and now a torrent.
    涓涓细流变成洪水，现在成急流了。
22. The stream is reduce to a mere trickle in summer.
    夏天那小河水量减少，成了涓涓细流。
23. Only a trickle of water came out of the pipe.
    管子里淌出来的只是小小的细流。
24. What was just a trickle of controls before the current crisis is now a flood.
    在当前危机之前曾经只是涓涓细流的资本管制，现在已成了泛滥的洪水。
25. However, a trickle has considerably more chance of drying up completely than a flow.
    但是，涓涓细流与滚滚洪流相比，有更大的可能完全枯竭。
26. However she that bit details, but be like curling trickle, intertwined, moist my soul.
    然而她那一点一滴的细节，却像一缕缕细流，交织在一起，滋润了我的心房。
27. The trickle of water that joins the two could be gone completely within a few years.
    连接南北海域的涓涓细流要不了几年可能完全销声匿迹。
28. At first there was only a trickle of people, but soon a crowd arrived.
    开始只来零星几个人，过了没多久，来了一大群人。
29. Drip irrigation; trickle irrigation: The application of water to the soil through small orifices in plastic pipelines.
    滴灌：通过塑料管道的小孔对土壤进行浇灌。
30. To date the trickle has provided as much financial nourishment as the flow.
    到今天为止，这涓涓细流提供了与滚滚洪流一样的财务营养。

trickle down

1. （经国家经济体制）由富人向穷人滴流
   to spread from rich to poor people through the economic system of a country
   1. Tears were trickling down her cheeks.
      眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
   2. Trickle some oil over the salad.
      往色拉上滴些油。

noun

1. flowing in drops
   1. there's a drip through the roof

   Synonym:    dripdribble

verb

1. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
   1. water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
   2. reports began to dribble in

   Synonym:    dribblefilter