percolate

🇺🇸 /ˈpɜːrkəleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/
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難度
標籤 TOP20000
verb
R

To slowly pass through a material with small spaces.

Water slowly percolated through the coffee grounds.

水慢慢地滲透過咖啡渣。

R

To spread gradually within a group or society.

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

新政策的謠言開始在辦公室裡傳播開來。

R

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

She percolated the coffee to make it stronger.

她過濾咖啡以使其更濃。

translation

v. 滲透, 傳播, 用滲濾壺煮咖啡

詞形變化

3rd Present percolates
Past percolated
Perfect percolated
Progressive percolating