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Seepage is the slow leaking of a liquid, or sometimes a gas, through tiny holes, cracks, or a material that is not fully sealed.
Seepageseepage(滲漏) is the slow leaking of a liquid, or sometimes a gas指液體、有時是氣體慢慢滲漏出來 through tiny holes, cracks透過細小的孔洞、裂縫 or a material that is not fully sealed或是沒有完全密封的材料
Water creeps through a basement wall; oil creeps through soil; gas creeps through a join. It is not a flood and not a sudden burst — it is a gradual creep you may only notice as a stain, a smell, or a damp patch.
Water creeps through a basement wall水會慢慢滲過地下室的牆 oil creeps through soil油會慢慢滲過土壤 gas creeps through a join氣體會慢慢從接縫滲出 It is not a flood and not a sudden burst這不是淹水,也不是突然爆裂 it is a gradual creep而是一種慢慢滲透的過程 you may only notice as a stain, a smell, or a damp patch你可能只會注意到一塊污漬、一股味道,或一塊濕痕
You meet the word in news about pollution, old , landfills, and buildings. It is a neutral, slightly technical noun; engineers and reporters use it more than children do, but the idea is simple.
You meet the word in news about pollution, old pipes, landfills, and buildings你會在講污染、老舊管線、垃圾掩埋場和建築的新聞裡遇到這個字 It is a neutral, slightly technical noun這是個中性、有點技術性的名詞 engineers and reporters use it more than children do工程師和記者用得比小孩多 but the idea is simple但概念很簡單
The verb is seep: water seeps in. Seepage is that slow flow, or the liquid that has come through.
The verb is seep動詞是seep water seeps in像water seeps in(水滲進來) Seepage is that slow flowseepage指的就是那個緩慢的流動 or the liquid that has come through或是已經滲透過來的液體
組成seep (to leak through slowly) + -age (the noun for that process or result).
同家族的字
- seepthe verb this is built from
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
seepagenoun
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The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
- […] while they all admit that the most serious losses occur by seepage of gas from, and oil into, the combustion-chamber and that this seepage is […]
- In the case of the Rio Blanco experiment, it is the seepage of gas which is considered to be the "worst possible situation" that might occur.
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Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。