
| Giải thích EN: An unwanted and slow escape or entrance of something, such as the movement of water through a hole in a pipe, the escape of electricity above or through an insulating material, or the loss of neutrons through diffusion from the core of a nuclear reactor.. |
| Giải thích VN: Sự thoát ra hay chảy vào chậm và vô ích của một vật, ví dụ sự chuyển động của nước qua một lỗ nhỏ ở đường ống, sự thất thoát của điện qua hay phía trên một chất cách điện, hay sự mất mát của Nơtron do phát tán khỏi phần trung tâm của một lò phản ứng hạt nhân. |
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| Lĩnh vực: cơ khí & công trình |
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[li:k]
o lỗ thủng, lỗ rò, khe hở
§ to stop a leak : bịt lỗ rò
o chỗ dột (trên mái nhà)
o sự rò, độ rò, sự thấm
o sự lộ (bí mật), điều bí mật bị lộ
o lọt qua, rỉ ra, rò ra, thoát ra
§ boat leaks : thuyền bị nước rỉ vào
o lọt ra, lộ ra (điều bí mật)
§ the secret has leaked out : điều bí mật đã lọt ra ngoài
o tiết lộ (bí mật)
§ gas leak : sự rò khí
Xem thêm: wetting, making water, passing water, escape, leakage, outflow, news leak, leak out
leak noun
1 small hole/crack
VERB + LEAK have The boat had a small leak. | spring The pipe has sprung a leak. | plug, stop I managed to plug the leak.
PREP. ~ in a leak in the roof
2 when gas/liquid escapes
ADJ. major, serious | minor | slow | fuel, gas, oil, radiation, radioactive
VERB + LEAK cause The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. | detect, discover, find, notice, spot Fortunately, we spotted the leak in time. | fix, repair, stop The plumber fixed the leak. | prevent taking steps to prevent gas leaks in the future
LEAK + VERB happen, occur
PREP. ~ from Pollution inspectors were called to a leak from a chemical factory. | ~ of a leak of dangerous chemicals
3 giving away information
ADJ. security
LEAK + VERB come from sth The leak could only have come from one source.
PREP. ~ about a security leak about a number of suspicious deaths among civil servants | ~ from a leak from the prime minister's office | ~ of a leak of confidential material | ~ to a leak to the American authorities
PHRASES the source of a leak The organization's press secretary is thought to be the source of the leak.
n.
one of the tires developed a leak
he had to take a leak
they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
he had to clean up the leak
v.
The news were leaked to the paper
The news leaked out despite his secrecy
Water leaked out of the can into the backpack
Gas leaked into the basement
The container leaked gasoline
the roof leaks badly