percolate

• vi. 過濾；滲出；浸透
• vt. 使滲出；使過濾
• n. 濾過液；滲出液

來自拉丁語percolare,過濾，滲透，來自per-,通過，colum,篩子，篩選，詞源同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.

新時尚要很長時間才能在大眾中流行起來。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The rain will percolate through the soil.

雨水滲入土中.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Rain water will only percolate through slowly.

雨水只會慢慢地滲進來。

來自辭典例句

4. I'll percolate some coffee, ie make it by percolating.

我去用過濾法煮些咖啡.

來自辭典例句

5. Let the coffee percolate for seven minutes.

讓咖啡濾7分鐘.

來自辭典例句