leak

• n. 泄漏；漏洞，裂缝
• vt. 使渗漏，泄露
• vi. 漏，渗；泄漏出去
• n. (Leak)人名；(英)利克；(东南亚国家华语)力

来自PIE*leg,滴，滴下，词源同leach,lack,lake.引申词义泄漏。

1. an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape;

"one of the tires developed a leak"

2. soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

3. a euphemism for urination;

"he had to take a leak"

4. the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container;

"they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"

"he had to clean up the leak"

5. unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

leak

leak: [15] The ultimate source of leak is probably a prehistoric Germanic *lek-, which denoted ‘deficiency’ (a variant *lak- gave English lack). It is not clear how this reached English; it could have been via Old Norse leka, or through Middle Dutch lēken.
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leak (v.)

"to let water in or out" [Johnson], late 14c., from Middle Dutch leken "to drip, to leak," or from Old Norse leka, both of them related to Old English leccan "to moisten" (which did not survive into Middle English), all from Proto-Germanic *lek- "deficiency" (cognates: Old High German lecchen "to become dry," German lechzen "to be parched with thirst"), from PIE root *leg- "to dribble, trickle." The figurative meaning "come to be known in spite of efforts at concealment" dates from at least 1832; transitive sense first recorded 1859. Related: Leaked; leaking.

leak (n.)

late 15c., from leak (v.) or Old Norse cognate leki. Sense of "revelation of secret information" is from 1950. Meaning "act of urination" is attested from 1934 ("Tropic of Cancer"); but the verb meaning "to piss" is from 1590s: "Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney." ["I Hen. IV," II.i.22]

leak, drip

这两个动词含"滴，漏"之意。

leak： 侧重液体或气体等从容器漏出，或泄漏了消息。

drip： 侧重以点滴形式下落，也指漏出或溢出。

It is not clear how many colleges and universities plan to give out iPhones and iPods this fall; officials at Apple were unwilling to talk about the subject and said that they would not leak any institution's plans.

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That's what happens when you're the world's biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked.

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Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!

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a leaking pipe

渗漏的管道

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The roof was leaking.

屋顶在漏雨。

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The tank had leaked a small amount of water.

水箱渗漏出少量的水。

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Water had started to leak into the cellar.

水已开始渗入地下室。

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The contents of the report were leaked to the press.

报告的内容泄露到新闻界了。

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a leaked document

已泄密的文件

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Details of the plan soon leaked out.

计划的细节很快就泄露出去了。

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a leak in the roof

屋顶的漏洞

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a leak in the gas pipe

天然气管道的裂缝

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a gas leak

煤气泄漏

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oil leaks/leaks of oil

漏油

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a leak to the press about the government plans on tax

有关政府税收计划的消息对新闻界的泄露

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to have/take a leak

撒尿

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The roof leaked...

屋顶漏雨。

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The gas had apparently leaked from a cylinder...

气体似乎由一汽缸漏出。

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...a leak in the radiator...

暖气片上的一条裂缝

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In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line.

5月份工程师们在一条氢燃料管线上发现一条裂隙。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press...

去年，一名公务员因向报界泄露了一份文件而被判入狱。

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He revealed who leaked a confidential police report...

他说出了泄露警方机密报告内容的人。

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Leak electricity is easy to result in fire. Electric shock may arise accident.

设备漏电容易引起火灾, 触电会导致人身伤亡事故.

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Auditing: Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a large ship.

审计: 谨防小的开支, 一个小的漏洞可以使一艘大的轮船沉没.

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Safe leak may form diversified tangible and intangiblelose.

安全漏洞可能造成各种有形或无形的损失.

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Caustic and acidic material cannot be stored together in case occurs in response to leak.

烧碱不能与酸性物资存放在一起以防在出现泄漏时发生综合反应.

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If a leak occurs, immediately evacuate all personnel from the danger area.

如果发生泄露, 立刻疏散危险区域的所有人员.

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