percolate

英 [ˈpɜːkəleɪt]

美 [ˈpɜːrkəleɪt]

v.  渗入; 渗透; 渗漏; 逐渐流传; 传开; (用渗滤式咖啡壶)滤煮; 滤煮咖啡

现在分词：percolating　第三人称单数：percolates　过去分词：percolated　过去式：percolated　

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BNC.20953 / COCA.18498

牛津词典

verb

• 渗入；渗透；渗漏
  to move gradually through a surface that has very small holes or spaces in it
  1. Water had percolated down through the rocks.
     水从岩缝间渗漏下去。
• 逐渐流传；传开
  to gradually become known or spread through a group or society
  1. 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。
• （用渗滤式咖啡壶）滤煮；滤煮咖啡
  to make coffee in a percolator ; to be made in this way

柯林斯词典

• VERB （想法、感觉、信息）蔓延，逐渐流传
  If an idea, feeling, or piece of informationpercolatesthrough a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing.
  1. New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
     新时尚要很长时间才能在大众中流行起来。
  2. ...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.
     所有这些想法在我脑海中扩散
• V-ERG （用渗滤式咖啡壶滤煮）
  When youpercolatecoffee or when coffeepercolates, you prepare it in a percolator.
  1. She percolated the coffee and put croissants in the oven to warm.
     她滤煮好咖啡，然后把羊角面包放进烤箱加热。
• VERB 渗透；渗漏；渗入
  Topercolatesomewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it.
  1. Rain water will only percolate through slowly.
     雨水只会慢慢地渗进来。

英英释义

noun

• the product of percolation

verb

• gain or regain energy
  1. I picked up after a nap
  Synonym:perk upperkpick upgain vigor
• pass through
  1. Water permeates sand easily
  Synonym:sink inpermeatefilter
• cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
• prepare in a percolator
  1. percolate coffee
• spread gradually
  1. Light percolated into our house in the morning
• permeate or penetrate gradually
  1. the fertilizer leached into the ground
  Synonym:leach

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