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leak 音标拼音: [l'ik] vi. 漏,渗;泄漏
vt. 使渗漏,使泄漏
n. 漏洞,漏隙;泄漏,漏出 漏,渗;泄漏使渗漏,使泄漏漏洞,漏隙;泄漏,漏出 leak泄漏 leak n 1: an accidental hole that allows something ( fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; " one of the tires developed a leak" 2: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi 3: a euphemism for urination; " he had to take a leak" [ synonym: { leak}, { wetting}, { making water}, { passing water}] 4: the discharge of a fluid from some container; " they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; " he had to clean up the leak" [ synonym: { escape}, { leak}, { leakage}, { outflow}] 5: unauthorized ( especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information [ synonym: { leak}, { news leak}] v 1: tell anonymously; " The news were leaked to the paper" 2: be leaked; " The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [ synonym: { leak}, { leak out}] 3: 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" 4: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; " The container leaked gasoline"; " the roof leaks badly" Leak \ Leak\ ( l[= e] k), n. [ Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ ae] k leaky, a leak, Sw. l[ aum] ck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. { Leak}, v.] 1. 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. " One leak will sink a ship." -- Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship' s pumps. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase { take a leak}, i. e. to urinate. [ vulgar] [ PJC] 5. The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal. [ PJC] { To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak. [ 1913 Webster]
Leak \ Leak\, a. Leaky. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Leak \ Leak\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Leaked} ( l[= e] kt); p. pr. & vb. n. { Leaking}.] [ Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. l[ ae] kke, Sw. l[ aum] cka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See { Leak}, n.] 1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] { To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out. [ 1913 Webster] 207 Moby Thesaurus words for " leak": abysm, abyss, aperture, arroyo, babble, babbling, be indiscreet, be revealed, be unguarded, become known, betray, betray a confidence, betrayal, blab, blabber, blabbering, blabbing, blurt, blurt out, box canyon, breach, break, breakout, broaching, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, clearing, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, come out, come to naught, come to nothing, communication leak, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dead giveaway, defile, deliverance, delivery, dell, dike, discharge, disclose, disclosure, dissipate, distill, distillation, ditch, divulgation, divulge, divulgement, divulgence, divulging, donga, draw, dribble, drip, dripping, drippings, drop, emergence, escape, escapism, evasion, evulgation, excavation, extravasate, extrication, exudation, exude, fault, fenestra, fissure, fistula, flaw, flight, flume, fontanel, foramen, fracture, freeing, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gat, getaway, give away, giveaway, go to pot, go to seed, go to waste, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, incision, indiscretion, inform, inform on, inlet, interval, issuance, issue, jailbreak, joint, kloof, lacuna, laying open, leak away, leak out, leakage, leaking, let drop, let fall, let slip, letting out, liberation, make known, make public, moat, notch, nullah, obvious clue, ooze, oozing, opening, opening up, orifice, out, outlet, pass, passage, passageway, peach, pore, prisonbreak, puncture, rat, ravine, release, rent, rescue, reveal a secret, revelation, riddance, rift, rime, run to seed, run to waste, rupture, scissure, seam, seep, seepage, seeping, setting- free, sing, slit, slot, space, spill, spill the beans, split, squeal, stoma, stool, talk, tattle, tattle on, tear, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, telltale, telltale sign, throwing open, transpire, trench, trickle, trill, uncorking, unstopping, unwitting disclosure, valley, vent, void, wadi, weep, yawn |
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