seep
verb [intransitive]- + adv./prep.
(especially of liquids )尤指液体 to flow slowly and in small quantities through something or into something synonym trickle渗;渗透 Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages. 血开始从绷带渗出来。 Water seeped from a crack in the pipe. 水从管道的一个裂缝中渗出。 - (figurative)
Gradually the pain seeped away. 疼痛渐渐消失了。
Extra ExamplesThe damp seeped through her thin shoes. 湿气透进了她单薄的鞋子。 The power had gradually seeped away. 电渐渐地跑光了。 The gas seeps out of the rock from an underground source. 气体从地下来源渗出岩石。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gradually
- slowly
- away
- …
- begin to
- start to
- from
- into
- out of
- …
Word Originlate 18th cent.: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian ‘to soak’.