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1 trickle
1. nструмочок, цівка2. v1) текти тонкою цівкою; сочитися; крапати2) лити тонкою цівкою* * *I n II1) υl. текти тонким струмочком, сочитися; капатиthe pipe was so small that the water could only trickle — труба була такою вузькою, що вода ледве просочувалася через неї
salt trickled through a hole in the box — сіль потихеньку висипалася через дірочку в коробці; лити тонкою струйкою, по краплі
2) (trickle back, trickle through); просочуватися, проходити, проникатиthere are still some refugees trickling over the frontier — через кордон ще просочуються біженці; просочуватися, розходитися, ставати відомим
some information trickled back — деяка інформація просочилася назад; відбулося просочування інформації
3) зникати ( trickle away trickle out); the crowd began to trickle away натовп почав поступово розходитися; his audience trickled out його аудиторія поступово танула, його слухачі один за іншим розходилися; his enthusiasm trickled away era ентузіазм поступово випарувавсяthe ball just trickled into the hole — куля /м'яч/ тихенько закотився в лунку; поволі закочувати
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2 trickle
I n II1) υl. текти тонким струмочком, сочитися; капатиthe pipe was so small that the water could only trickle — труба була такою вузькою, що вода ледве просочувалася через неї
salt trickled through a hole in the box — сіль потихеньку висипалася через дірочку в коробці; лити тонкою струйкою, по краплі
2) (trickle back, trickle through); просочуватися, проходити, проникатиthere are still some refugees trickling over the frontier — через кордон ще просочуються біженці; просочуватися, розходитися, ставати відомим
some information trickled back — деяка інформація просочилася назад; відбулося просочування інформації
3) зникати ( trickle away trickle out); the crowd began to trickle away натовп почав поступово розходитися; his audience trickled out його аудиторія поступово танула, його слухачі один за іншим розходилися; his enthusiasm trickled away era ентузіазм поступово випарувавсяthe ball just trickled into the hole — куля /м'яч/ тихенько закотився в лунку; поволі закочувати
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