seep
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
Water has seeped through the roof.
The water steadily seeped in through the thirl.
- 2.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.
Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond.
- 3.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To diminish or wane away slowly.
The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away.
- 4.
(transitive)(of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.
The crack is seeping water.
- 5.
(Scotland)To soak.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
- 2.
Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
- 3.
The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
- 4.
A seafloor vent.
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Variant of sipe, from Middle English *sipen, from Old English sipian, from Proto-Germanic *sipōną, derivative of *sīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *sib- (to pour out, drip, trickle).