trickle的词源

英文词源

trickle (n.)

1570s, from trickle (v.).

trickle (v.)

late 14c., intransitive, of uncertain origin, possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike (v.)). Transitive sense from c. 1600. Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.

中文词源

trickle：滴，淌，细流，涓流

可能缩写（或变体）自中古英语 striken,流，特指流泪，词源同 strike,击，打。-le,表反复。 后引申词义滴，淌，细流，涓流等。

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