一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

漏洞,裂縫


例句:

A whole tankful of gas dropped away because of the tiny leak.

由于這個小小的漏洞,整整一油箱的汽油都漏光了。


例句:

I smell gas , there must be a leak somewhere.

我聞到了煤氣味,一定是什么地方漏氣了。


泄漏


例句:

The leak of information was officially inspired.

這一情報的泄漏是官方授意的。


例句:

More serious leaks, possibly involving national security, are likely to be investigated by the police.

可能涉及國家安全的更嚴(yán)重泄密會受到警方的調(diào)查。


【俚】撒尿


例句:

I stood there taking a leak.

我站在那兒撒尿。


v.

(使)滲漏 [I,T]


例句:

Our ship is leaking.

我們的船漏了。


例句:

The water is leaking in through the cracks.

水正從裂縫中滲進(jìn)來。


泄露 [I,T]


例句:

Mr. Ashton accused police of leaking information to the press.

艾什頓先生指控警察向媒體泄露了消息。


例句:

We don't know how the transcript leaked.

我們不知道抄本是怎樣泄露的。


二、詞義辨析:


leak,drip

這兩個動詞含“滴,漏”之意。 leak側(cè)重液體或氣體等從容器漏出,或泄漏了消息。 drip側(cè)重以點(diǎn)滴形式下落,也指漏出或溢出。


三、相關(guān)短語:


leak out

透露,泄漏出


take a leak

撒尿


四、參考例句:


The?leak?of information was officially inspired.

這一情報的泄漏是官方授意的。


Can you smell a gas leak?

你能聞到煤氣漏氣嗎?


The leak of information was officially inspired.

這一情報的泄漏是官方授意的。


Plug a leak in the barrel.

用塞子堵住大桶的漏洞。


Since heat leak is always present, vaporization takes place continuously.

由于熱泄露總是存在,蒸發(fā)不斷地發(fā)生。


A small leak will sink a great ship.

小漏不補(bǔ)沉大船。


A hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle.

氫氣泄漏迫使美國國家航空航天局停止了航天飛機(jī)的發(fā)射。


The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.

帆船的船體上出現(xiàn)了一條裂縫。


A great leak was filling the ship with water.

海水正從一個很大的漏洞往船里灌。


I didn't leak the story to the newspapers.

我沒有將事情透漏給報紙。