seep

Word family

seep /siːp/ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

1 ENTERto flow slowly through small holes or spaces 渗漏

seep into/through/down etc

Blood seeped down his leg.

血从他腿上渗下来。

2 to move or spread gradually 逐渐移动；渐渐散开

seep away/into/through etc

His tension was seeping away.

他的紧张感逐渐消失了。

Examples from the Corpus

seep• They argue that unseemly haggling with Congress will allow the momentum of the referendum victory to seep away.• Work has seemingly seeped into everything, including dinner parties.• They melt and seep into other dreams, gaining strength, getting wider and deeper as they flow downhill, gathering debris.• The car was sluggish, as if his thoughts had seeped into the car through his hands.• Many of these molecules seeped into the initially crystal-clear whisky from the oak casks in which the liquor was aged.• That the turmoil was seeping into the villages disturbed Gandhi especially and he resolved to go to Noakhall.• She held her pyjama bottoms up with one hand, as wakefulness seeped slowly into her head like a sunrise.• The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia, which was no bad thing.• Inside is a plastic platform which is perforated to allow liquids to seep through to the tank in the bottom.

seep into/through/down etc• Juggling work and household chores, I felt ennui seeping into all phases of my life.• Slowly the offer of bail was seeping into his understanding.• The pit should be covered with paving to avoid soil seeping into it.• The car was sluggish, as if his thoughts had seeped into the car through his hands.• Blood seeped through the cracks between his teeth.• Many of these molecules seeped into the initially crystal-clear whisky from the oak casks in which the liquor was aged.• Rain water had slowly seeped through the top section and dropped on to the inner.• Inside is a plastic platform which is perforated to allow liquids to seep through to the tank in the bottom.

seep away/into/through etc• But hope seeped through and stained you anyway.• He felt blood seeping into his shoe.• The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia, which was no bad thing.• Here, the hours seep away like draining rain.• The car was sluggish, as if his thoughts had seeped into the car through his hands.• Rain water had slowly seeped through the top section and dropped on to the inner.• That the turmoil was seeping into the villages disturbed Gandhi especially and he resolved to go to Noakhall.• The rain poured down, soaking their hair, seeping into their collars, dripping off their chins as they kissed.

Origin seep

Old English sipian

seep verb

Chinese

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