| 词汇 | seeping |
| 释义 | seeping present participle ofseep seep verb[ I+ adv/prep ] uk /siːp/ us /siːp/ to move or spread slowly out of a hole or through something: 渗出;渗漏 Pesticides are seeping out of farmland and into the water supply.杀虫剂正从农田中渗出，进入供水系统。 figurativeGiven the intense secrecy of the arms business, information only seeps out in company literature.由于军火贸易极度保密，只能从公司的宣传资料中获得点滴信息。 Synonym ooze Movement of liquids backsplash be dripping with somethingidiom brim brim over brim with something drool funnel leakage pour pour-over reinject reinjection respray ripple spate staunch stem swash swill swirl Related wordseepage Examples of seepingseeping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Horizontal bedding strata are crazed with minute shear fractures then stained by seeping iron oxide in solution. However, a change is seeping in with technological applications. The efflorescence is just a surface feature formed by evaporation of the water seeping out from the rock pores by capillarity. In all these ways, dollarisation is seeping inexorably from the export sector into the rest of the economy. A kind of naturalism is seeping though the formalistic writing, but the tug of older, more rigid conventions is still very much to be felt. The use of linear seeping ditches of about 40cm depth and 300cm width (swales) will establish drainage conditions similar to existing ones. Diesel fuel was observed seeping from the tundra during the spring thaw. My celtic background is obviously seeping into my buttresses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Slurry is seeping along public highways from farms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pollution is ultimately seeping through into the water table. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This filth and grime is seeping into our house (and into our lungs) all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has never been any question of nuclear radiation seeping out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He appreciated the importance of knowledge seeping through and the fact that there was a way forward which would keep our society together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is better than allowing the ombudsman to determine what is "in the public interest"—a broad, seeping term—without any checks or balances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be that economic life is seeping away from some of the centres of the local authority housing that already exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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