seep

seep
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction](of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes
    (液体)渗出,渗漏
    water began to seep through the soles of his boots.
    水开始从他的鞋底渗出。
noun
  1. (N. Amer.)a place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground
    (北美)(油,水)渗出地表的地方
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: perhaps a dialect form of Old English sīpian 'to soak'
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