percolate

1. V-I If an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing. (想法、感覺(jué)、信息)緩慢傳開(kāi)

New fashions took a long time to percolate down. 新時(shí)尚要很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才能在大眾中流行起來(lái)。

All of these thoughts percolated through my mind. 所有這些想法在我心里慢慢擴(kuò)散開(kāi)來(lái)。

2. V-T/V-I When you percolate coffee or when coffee percolates, you prepare it in a percolator. 用滲濾式咖啡壺濾煮

3. V-I To percolate somewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it. 滲透

Rain water will only percolate through slowly. 雨水只會(huì)慢慢地滲進(jìn)來(lái)。