trickle

Compared meaning: liquid flowing or coming out (verb).

比较义项：（液体）流出，流动（动词）。

• pour

  Pour describes a strong, steady, usually deliberate flow, often of a large amount, and is commonly used transitively (pour something into/onto something).

  Pour 表示大量、有力、通常是有意为之的稳定倾倒动作，常以及物结构使用（把某物倒进／倒到某处）。

  She poured hot coffee into her mug before heading out the door.

  她出门前把热咖啡倒进了自己的杯子里。

• trickle 本词

  Trickle describes a thin, weak, continuous flow, typically used intransitively for liquid moving slowly and naturally, without anyone controlling it.

  Trickle 表示细弱、连续的流动，通常用作不及物动词，指液体缓慢、自然地流动，没有人为控制。

  A thin stream of water trickled down the cracked bathroom wall.

  一股细流沿着裂开的浴室墙壁缓缓流下。

• dribble

  Dribble describes liquid falling slowly in scattered drops rather than a continuous stream, often suggesting a messy, uneven or unwanted flow, as from a leaky tap or a baby's chin.

  Dribble 表示液体缓慢地一滴一滴落下，而不是连续成股地流动，常带有杂乱、不整齐甚至令人不快的意味，比如漏水的水龙头或婴儿的下巴。

  Juice dribbled down the toddler's chin as he ate his sandwich.

  小孩吃三明治时，果汁一滴一滴地滴到了他的下巴上。

Pour, trickle, and dribble all describe liquid flowing. Pour means a strong, forceful flow of a large amount, as in pouring water into a cup. Trickle and dribble both mean a slow, small flow, but dribble often suggests a messy, uneven drip, not basketball dribbling.

这三个词都表示液体的流动，但力度和方式不同：pour 指大量、有力、通常是有意为之的倾倒；trickle 和 dribble 都指缓慢、细小的流动，但 dribble 常带有滴滴答答、不整齐甚至令人不快的意味。这里不比较 dribble 的“运球”义。

Compared meaning: a small amount of liquid falling slowly (noun).

比较义项：水滴/细流（名词，液体缓慢滴落或流出）。

• drip

  A single small drop falling, often repeated one at a time and heard as separate sounds, as from a leaking tap; implies an intermittent, drop-by-drop motion rather than a continuous stream.

  指一次落下的一滴小水珠，常常一滴接一滴地重复出现，能听到分开的滴答声，比如漏水的水龙头；强调间断的、一滴一滴的动作，而不是连续的水流。

  There's a drip from the ceiling every few seconds, landing in the bucket.

  天花板每隔几秒钟滴一滴水，落进桶里。

• trickle 本词

  A thin, slow, continuous flow of liquid rather than separate drops; typically used for liquid running down or along a surface steadily over a period of time.

  指液体细而慢、持续不断地流动，而不是一滴一滴分开落下；通常用于液体沿着表面缓慢、持续地流淌一段时间的情形。

  A thin trickle ran down the wall from the crack above the window.

  一股细流顺着窗户上方的裂缝慢慢流下墙面。

Drip and trickle both mean a small amount of liquid coming out slowly. A drip is one drop falling, like water from a leaking tap. A trickle is a thin, continuous flow, not separate drops. Only the noun sense counts, not the verb.

这两个词都指液体缓慢渗出的少量水，容易混淆；drip 强调一滴一滴、间断地滴落，trickle 强调液体连成一线、持续缓慢地流动。这里只比较两词作名词表示“水滴/细流”的义项，不涉及两词作动词使用的用法。