percolate

🇺🇸 /ˈpɜːrkəleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/
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verb
R

To slowly pass through a material with small spaces.

Water slowly percolated through the coffee grounds.

水慢慢地渗透过咖啡渣。

R

To spread gradually within a group or society.

Rumors of the new policy began to percolate through the office.

新政策的谣言开始在办公室里传播开来。

R

To make coffee using a percolator; to be made in this way.

She percolated the coffee to make it stronger.

她过滤咖啡以使其更浓。

translation

v. 渗透, 传播, 用渗滤壶煮咖啡

词形变化

3rd Present percolates
Past percolated
Perfect percolated
Progressive percolating