percolate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they percolate | |
| he / she / it percolates | |
| past simple percolated | |
| past participle percolated | |
| -ing form percolating |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
(of a liquid, gas, etc. 液体、气体等 to move gradually through a surface that has very small holes or spaces in it 渗入；渗透；渗漏 - [intransitive]
to gradually become known or spread through a group or society 逐渐流传；传开 It had percolated through to us that something interesting was about to happen. 我们听到传言说，将要发生一件有趣的事。 Changes percolate through gradually. 变化逐渐渗透进来。
- [transitive, intransitive] percolate (something)
to make coffee in a percolator; to be made in this way （用渗滤式咖啡壶）滤煮；滤煮咖啡
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin percolat- ‘strained through’, from the verb percolare, from per- ‘through’ + colare ‘to strain’ (from colum ‘strainer’).