Tra từ trickle - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trickle [trickle trickles trickled trickling] verb, noun BrE [ˈtrɪkl] NAmE [ˈtrɪkl]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to flow, or to make sth flow, slowly in a thin stream
•(+ adv./prep.) Tears were trickling down her cheeks.
•~ sth (+ adv./prep.) Trickle some oil over the salad.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) + adv./prep. to go, or to make sth go, somewhere slowly or gradually
•People began trickling into the hall.
•News is starting to trickle out.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

Example Bank:
•Blood trickled from a wound on his head.
•Sweat trickled into my eyes.
•Tears trickled slowly down her cheeks.
•The last of the water trickled away.
•Rainwater trickled through the cracks in the boards.
Derived: ↑trickle down

noun
1. a small amount of liquid, flowing slowly
•There was a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.
2. usually singular ~ (of sth) a small amount or number of sth, coming or going slowly
•a steady trickle of visitors

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

Example Bank:
•The flood of offers of help had dwindled to a mere trickle.
•a constant trickle of water
•As a result of the civil war, the steady trickle of immigration became a flood of refugees.
•It can be very disconcerting for a teacher to have a constant trickle of latecomers into the class.