leak的意思|leak的解释-里氏词典

leak [li:k]

n. 漏洞, 漏处, 漏出, 泄漏

vi. 漏, 泄漏

vt. 使渗漏

[化] 漏电; 漏水; 漏气; 漏失

leak

[ noun ]

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

<noun.object>

one of the tires developed a leak

soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

<noun.state>

a euphemism for urination

<noun.process>

he had to take a leak

the discharge of a fluid from some container

<noun.event>

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

he had to clean up the leak

unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

tell anonymously

<verb.communication>

The news were leaked to the paper

be leaked

<verb.communication>

leak out

The news leaked out despite his secrecy

enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

<verb.change>
Water leaked out of the can into the backpack
Gas leaked into the basement

have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

<verb.change>
The container leaked gasoline
the roof leaks badly

Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked} (l[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen,
Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l["a]cka, AS. leccan to wet,
moisten. See {Leak}, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
boat leaks.

2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice,
etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; --
usually with in or out.

{To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
become public; as, the facts leaked out.

Leak \Leak\, a.
Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Leak \Leak\ (l[=e]k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck,
Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]ck; cf.
AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.]
1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or
other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a
leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. ``One leak will sink
a ship.'' --Bunyan.

2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
ship's pumps.

3. (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect
insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase

{take a leak}, i. e. to urinate. [vulgar]
[PJC]

5. The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept
confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff
infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were
criticized as illegal.
[PJC]

{To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;
to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.

Eleven FBI agents who conducted the leak investigation took sworn statements from 109 people.
Traders continued to speculate that a Japanese media report Tuesday citing "several" Bank of Japan sources saying the central bank will loosen credit soon was a deliberate leak to the media.
Agency officials expressed concern about possible pollution that the leak of the poisonous fumes and chemicals might cause.
John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, said he is confident NASA will fix the leak and that shuttles soon will be flying again.
The government decided March 5 to pay interim compensation to the victims of the gas leak at the Union Carbide Corp.'s Bhopal pesticide plant pending the outcome of legal battles with the U.S.-based multinational.
Piqua employees allegedly have been told not to reject devices even if they fail leak tests.
He alleges that the prisoner was murdered to stop the leak of details of a World War II plot by powerful Britons to overthrow Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Another likely subject would be Buck Helm, who survived for 90 hours in the I-880 rubble, or a firefighter such as Gerry Shannon, who grabbed a woman pinned in her blazing Marina district apartment as a gas leak threatened to set off an explosion.
"If there was any leak it was very minimal," he said.
The tank had been filled Friday, and workers were transferring 1,500 gallons from the outside tank to another tank inside the plant when the leak occurred, a plant spokesman said.
The number of Eastern Airlines planes sidelined with safety violations grew to at least 10 Friday, as a federal crackdown found problems including a fuel leak, a missing maintenance log and a cracked wing flap, the Machinists union said.
It was an orderly shutdown." The low-level radioactive leak prompted plant officials to call an alert, Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Frank Ingram said.
The nation's No. 2 automaker said owners of 296,000 1984 Ford Escort and EXP and Mercury Lynx automobiles were being notified that cracks in their cars' cylinder heads could leak oil onto exhaust manifolds.
Gray reacted so fiercely that the leak became as big a story as the investigation itself.
The university said the leak was discovered by the reactor's staff Sunday afternoon, when a crew arrived to start it after its weekend shutdown.
The leak occurred shortly after midnight, and some victims died in their sleep.
In 1986, the Indian government filed a $3 billion civil suit against Union Carbide, claiming the leak was caused by negligence. Union Carbide said the disaster was a result of sabotage by a disgruntled employee.
It was not immediately known if the leak had been stopped by morning.
The leak was not announced until Monday.
The city Fire Department was called in case of a fire caused by the leak, he said.
Robert Crippen, director of the shuttle program, said NASA would conduct a tanking test, on Sunday at the earliest, in an attempt to pinpoint the source of the leak.
Aneurysms are dangerous because they can rupture suddenly and hemorrhage, or they can leak.
Two minutes into the procedure, the tube attached to his right arm sprang a leak, spraying the solution toward witnesses and halting the execution.
Elsewhere, engineers seemed to be favoring cutting a hole in Discovery's rear cargo bay wall as the best approach to repair a small gas leak without having to take the shuttle off the launch pad.
The 37-year-old barge, en route from Baltimore to Richmond, was being towed by a tug when it reported a leak, Naccara said.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Keeney informed Congress recently that the Justice Department would resume prosecuting government employees who leak information about its criminal investigations.
Within days of the allegations to the Intelligence Committee, the same Democratic opponent of my brother's nomination on the Judiciary Committee heard about my alleged leak.
But the hydrogen leak problem already was causing a reshuffling of the schedule and some missions seem certain to slip into next year.
Someone should tell the writers of "Murphy Brown" that senators and members of Congress spend a lot of time cosseting reporters, especially the hostile ones, and that they wouldn't know how to operate without a press to leak to.
NASA delayed indefinitely the launch of the space shuttle Columbia hours before it was scheduled to take off, after a leak was discovered when the craft was being loaded with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

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