Leak

[liːk] or [lik]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.

(noun.) an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; 'one of the tires developed a leak'.

(noun.) a euphemism for urination; 'he had to take a leak'.

(noun.) soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.

(verb.) have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; 'The container leaked gasoline'; 'the roof leaks badly'.

(verb.) enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; 'Water leaked out of the can into the backpack'; 'Gas leaked into the basement'.

(verb.) be leaked; 'The news leaked out despite his secrecy'.

(verb.) tell anonymously; 'The news were leaked to the paper'.

艾弗里校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

(v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.

(a.) Leaky.

(n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.

(n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.

手打:奈杰尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole.

編輯:菲利普

同義詞及反義詞：

[See OOZE]

艾伦校對

解釋/意思:

n. a crack or hole in a vessel through which liquid may pass: the oozing of any fluid through an opening.—v.i. to let any fluid into or out of a vessel through a leak.—ns. Leak′age a leaking: that which enters or escapes by leaking: an allowance for leaking; Leak′iness.—adj. Leak′y having leaks: letting any liquid in or out.—Leak out to find vent to get to the public ears; Spring a leak to begin to let in water.

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