trickle 英 [ˈtrɪkl] 美 [ˈtrɪkl]
双语名著
These simple words uttered by an old woman led by a child made the perspiration trickle down his limbs.
出自那孩子带来的老妇人口中的这句简单的话，立刻使他汗流浃背。
出自法国作家维克多·雨果的长篇小说《悲惨世界》（Les Misérables，原意为“悲惨的人们”“可怜的人们”）。该小说是19世纪最著名的小说之一，故事的主线围绕主人公土伦苦刑犯冉·阿让（Jean Valjean）的个人经历，融进了法国的历史、革命、战争、道德哲学、法律、正义、宗教信仰等，多次被改编演绎成影视作品。
背景图片
电影《悲惨世界》剧照
基本释义
[verb] (of a liquid) flow in a small stream
[动词] （指液体）小股流淌
深入解读
Trickle 一词词源不详，最早出现于14世纪末期，现主要作动词表示液体“滴、淌”，多指小股流淌，比如：
- 眼泪顺着她红润的面颊流了下来。
Tears were trickling down her ruddy cheeks. - 往配菜沙拉上滴些油。
Trickle some oil over the side salad.
眼泪这种小股流淌的液体往往流动缓慢，从这个概念出发， trickle 还可以引申指“缓慢移动、慢慢走”，多用于形容人或物小批地移动。这个含义既可以搭配 away 构成动词短语 trickle away 引申表示人群、感情等“渐渐消散”，也可以搭配 out 构成动词短语 trickle out 引申表示消息“逐渐传出”，比如：
- 欢腾的人群开始缓步进入大厅。
The jubilant throng began trickling into the hall. - 她费劲收集到的消息都开始渐渐传了出来。
All the news she gleaned is starting to trickle out. - 他对数学的痴迷渐渐消失。
His obsession with numbers trickled away.
用作名词时， trickle 除了表示“涓流、细流”外，也可以指“稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的人或事物”，比如：
- 早上我们店里通常只有零星的常客。
We usually only get a trickle of patrons in the mornings.
另外在经济领域， trickle down 还可以表示“富人的财富向穷人滴流”，即富人的财富最终会惠及穷人。这又被称为下渗经济学或滴流经济学（trickle-down economics）。不过普遍观点认为该项经济学所主张的政策不能刺激经济，但一定会导致贫富差距扩大，通胀率及赤字上升。
外刊例句
- Or that the much-vaunted sea passages are likely to carry only a trickle of trade.
也不论被大肆吹嘘的海上通道可能只会承担极少的贸易量.
——《经济学人》 - Did humans flood out of Africa in a single diaspora, or did we trickle from the continent in waves spread out over tens of thousands of years?
人类是在一次大移居中涌出非洲，还是在几万年的时间里一波一波地离开那片大陆的？
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“trickle” 通常表示缓慢地流动、滴下或渗出，意指涓涓细流的流动。
以下是包含单词 “trickle” 的 50 个短语及其中文解释：
- trickle of water – 水的细流
- Slow trickle – 缓慢的流动
- trickle down – 逐渐流下
- trickle from the faucet – 从水龙头滴下
- Gentle trickle – 轻柔的流动
- trickle of tears – 泪水的细流
- trickle from the roof – 从屋顶渗下
- trickle from the melting ice – 从融化的冰中滴下
- trickle from the bottle – 从瓶中滴下
- trickle from the leaves – 从树叶中滴下
- trickle from the rock – 从岩石中滴下
- trickle of rain – 雨水的细流
- trickle of sweat – 汗水的细流
- trickle from the eaves – 从屋檐滴下
- trickle from the mountain – 从山上流下
- trickle of blood – 血的细流
- trickle from the spring – 从泉水流下
- trickle from the pipe – 从管道中滴下
- trickle from the melting snow – 从融化的雪中滴下
- trickle from the sky – 从天空滴下
- trickle from the stream – 从溪流中流下
- trickle from the roof – 从房顶滴下
- trickle from the waterfall – 从瀑布中流下
- trickle from the cliff – 从悬崖滴下
- trickle from the river – 从河流中流下
- trickle from the bottle – 从瓶子中滴下
- trickle from the melting glacier – 从融化的冰川中滴下
- trickle from the tap – 从水龙头滴下
- trickle from the rock – 从岩石中流下
- trickle from the leaves – 从叶子中流下
- trickle from the fountain – 从喷泉中流下
- trickle from the pipe – 从管道中流下
- trickle from the eaves – 从屋檐流下
- trickle from the mountain – 从山上流下
- trickle from the spring – 从泉水中流下
- trickle from the rooftop – 从屋顶流下
- trickle from the stream – 从小溪中流下
- trickle from the river – 从河流中流下
- trickle from the melting ice – 从融化的冰中滴下
- trickle from the sky – 从天空滴下
- trickle from the faucet – 从水龙头滴下
- trickle from the roof – 从屋顶滴下
- trickle from the leaves – 从树叶中滴下
- trickle from the rock – 从岩石中滴下
- trickle from the mountain – 从山上流下
- trickle from the spring – 从泉水流下
- trickle from the eaves – 从屋檐滴下
- trickle from the river – 从河流中滴下
- trickle from the faucet – 从水龙头流下
- trickle from the rooftop – 从屋顶流下
同近义词
drip: let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid
dribble: (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream
drizzle: trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food
