percolate

英 ['pɜːkəleɪt] 美 ['pɝkəlet]
  • vi. 过滤;渗出;浸透
  • vt. 使渗出;使过滤
  • n. 滤过液;渗出液
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percolate 渗入,渗透

来自拉丁语percolare,过滤,渗透,来自per-,通过,colum,筛子,筛选,词源同colander,coliform.

percolate (v.)
1620s, a back-formation from percolation, or else from Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare "to strain through." Figurative sense by 1670s. Related: Percolated; percolating.
1. New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
新时尚要很长时间才能在大众中流行起来。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The rain will percolate through the soil.
雨水渗入土中.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Rain water will only percolate through slowly.
雨水只会慢慢地渗进来。

来自辞典例句

4. I'll percolate some coffee, ie make it by percolating.
我去用过滤法煮些咖啡.

来自辞典例句

5. Let the coffee percolate for seven minutes.
让咖啡滤7分钟.

来自辞典例句