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、信息)緩慢傳開

New fashions took a long time to percolate down. 新時尚要很長時間才能在大衆(zhòng)中流行起來。

All of these thoughts percolated through my mind. 所有這些想法在我心裡慢慢擴散開來。

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. 雨水衹會慢慢地滲進來。