percolate
英 ['p??k?le?t]
美['p?k?let]
- vi. 過濾；滲出；浸透
- vt. 使滲出；使過濾
- n. 濾過液；滲出液
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?percolates;過去式:?percolated;過去分詞:?percolated;現在分詞:?percolating;名詞:?percolation;
中文詞源
percolate 滲入，滲透
來自拉丁語percolare,過濾，滲透，來自per-,通過，colum,篩子，篩選，詞源同colander,coliform.
英文詞源
- percolate (v.)
- 1620s, a back-formation from percolation, or else from Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare "to strain through." Figurative sense by 1670s. Related: Percolated; percolating.
雙語例句
- 1. New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
- 新時尚要很長時間才能在大眾中流行起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The rain will percolate through the soil.
- 雨水滲入土中.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Rain water will only percolate through slowly.
- 雨水只會慢慢地滲進來。
來自辭典例句
- 4. I'll percolate some coffee, ie make it by percolating.
- 我去用過濾法煮些咖啡.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Let the coffee percolate for seven minutes.
- 讓咖啡濾7分鐘.
來自辭典例句