percolate
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing. (想法、感覺、信息)緩慢傳開
New fashions took a long time to percolate down. 新時尚要很長時間才能在大衆中流行起來。
All of these thoughts percolated through my mind. 所有這些想法在我心裡慢慢擴散開來。
2. V-T/V-I When you percolate coffee or when coffee percolates, you prepare it in a percolator. 用滲濾式咖啡壺濾煮
3. V-I To percolate somewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it. 滲透
Rain water will only percolate through slowly. 雨水衹會慢慢地滲進來。
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percolate /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/ (percolating,percolated,percolates)
剑桥词典
percolate verb (LIQUID)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]If a liquid percolates, it moves slowly through a substance with very small holes in it.
滲透，滲漏，滲入
Sea water percolates down through the rocks . 海水從巖石中間滲流過去。
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to make coffee using a machine in which hot water passes through crushed coffee beans into a container below
（用滲濾式咖啡壺）濾煮（咖啡）
percolate verb (INFORMATION)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to spread slowly
擴散；彌漫
The news has begun to percolate through the staff . 消息開始在員工中傳開來。 返回 percolate