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trickle

1 trickle /ˈtrɪkəl/ verb
trickles; trickled; trickling
1 trickle
/ˈtrɪkəl/
verb
trickles; trickled; trickling
Learner's definition of TRICKLE
[no object]
: to flow or fall in drops淌;流;滴
always followed by an adverb or preposition : to move or go slowly in small numbers or amounts缓慢移动;慢慢走

trickle down

[phrasal verb]
: to spread from the upper levels of a society, organization, etc., to the lower levelsused especially to describe the movement of money through an economic system向下渗透(尤指货币在一种经济体制内的流动)
see also trickle-down
2 trickle /ˈtrɪkəl/ noun
2 trickle
/ˈtrɪkəl/
noun
Learner's definition of TRICKLE
[singular]
: a slow, thin flow of water涓流;细流
: a slow movement of people or things in small numbers or amounts少量人(或物)的缓慢移动
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10055 COCA: 8863

trickle

1 of 2

verb

trick·​le ˈtri-kəl How to pronounce trickle (audio)
trickled; trickling ˈtri-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce trickle (audio)

intransitive verb

1
a
: to issue or fall in drops
b
: to flow in a thin gentle stream
2
a
: to move or go one by one or little by little
customers began to trickle in
b
: to dissipate slowly
his enthusiasm trickled away

trickle

2 of 2

noun

: a thin, slow, or intermittent stream or movement

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Verb Tears trickled down her cheeks. Water was trickling out of the gutter. People trickled into the theater. Donations have been trickling in. Noun We heard the trickle of water from the roof. The flow of water slowed to a trickle. Sales have slowed to a trickle in recent weeks. A slow trickle of customers came into the store throughout the day. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Grateful Dead versions of its Dunks, and Crocs, which frequently markets limited-clog curiosities, have demonstrated the trickle-down power of virality. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Its argument largely hinges on a trickle-down effect from shareholders to the rest of society. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 Building trust at all levels creates a trickle-down effect and enables sustainable success. Andrew Rains, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 To be fair, Apple, with a market cap of $2.4 trillion, seems unlikely to be forced to belt-tighten, but at some point all this economizing will have a trickle-down effect in terms of star salaries. Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2022 The question now is whether the swimming federation’s strict ruling will have a trickle-down effect. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2022 Any significant cutbacks will certainly weigh on tech firms that feed off discretionary spending, with a trickle-down effect likely felt by outfits doing commercial business. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 June 2022 Post feels there’s been a trickle-down effect from our use of Venmo. Jen Doll, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022 To Staley’s point, that will have a trickle-down effect to freshmen and sophomores on the ends of benches and to high school recruits. Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2022
Noun
Meanwhile, Bulnes wants to take a trickle-down approach to fix department morale. Corey Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 Kansas infamously brought in Reaganomics guru Art Laffer to push a sharp cut on income taxes in 2012, touting trickle-down ideology—only for Kansas to reverse course in 2017, after state revenue and economic growth plummeted. Kalena Thomhave, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 Adam Smith’s invisible hand of capital is an example of greatness thinking; so is its latter-day analogue, trickle-down economics. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022 The trickle-down phenomenon has created a run of its own—on timepieces that, as recently as 2021, still flew under the radar. Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2022 The impact of rising temperatures on nature's calendar has trickle-down effects on farming and land management practices in the country, the study said. Helen Regan, CNN, 20 May 2022 But that was before Reagan and the trickle-down vogue for privatizing. Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 And that’s that’s part and parcel with the 30 year, uh, Republican trickle-down economics of shifting income. cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022 During season 3, the effectiveness of that trickle-down approach came under a microscope after writer Kayleigh Llewellyn shared a photo of a predominantly female but very white writer’s room on Twitter. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English trikelen, of imitative origin

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1580, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trickle was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10055 COCA: 8863
trickle

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRICKLE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEsmall, thin小股水流constant, steady源源不斷的細流a constant trickle of water源源不斷的水流slow潺潺的水流mere只是細流The flood of offers of help had dwindled to a mere trickle.潮水般的援助已縮減成涓滴細流了。VERB + TRICKLEdwindle to, slow to減少為/減慢為細流PREPOSITIONtrickle of⋯的細流He felt a warm trickle of blood run down his arm.他感到一股溫暖的血液涓涓流入他的手臂。

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