Leak

(noun.) unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.

(noun.) an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; 'one of the tires developed a leak'.

(noun.) a euphemism for urination; 'he had to take a leak'.

(noun.) soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.

(verb.) have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; 'The container leaked gasoline'; 'the roof leaks badly'.

(verb.) enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; 'Water leaked out of the can into the backpack'; 'Gas leaked into the basement'.

(verb.) be leaked; 'The news leaked out despite his secrecy'.

(verb.) tell anonymously; 'The news were leaked to the paper'.

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• If the leak is quite low, as at _c_, the issuing stream has a still greater speed and strength, and gushes forth with a force determined by the height of the water above _c_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• We got a gang of men, cut the current off for several junction-boxes, and fixed the leak. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There was a leak in one of our junction-boxes, and on account of the cellars extending under the street, the top soil had become insulated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Usually a leak in a dam or reservoir occurs near the bottom. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The cylinder would leak. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• When, in addition to this infernal leak, the wires north to Cleveland worked badly, it required a large amount of imagination to get the sense of what was being sent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is of enormous importance that nothing further should leak out. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The transport ship Gloria Scott was set down by the Admiralty as being lost at sea, and no word has ever leaked out as to her true fate. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It also leaked out that many of the men who had signed their paroles, intended to desert and go to their homes as soon as they got out of our lines. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Learning had already leaked out to other less pledged and controlled people, who thought for themselves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I concluded it was either leakage of gas into the manhole, or else the acid used in pickling the casting had given off hydrogen, and air had leaked in, making an explosive mixture. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Many of them are aimed at gas, and there are several grim summaries of death and fires due to gas-leaks or explosions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I saw the water ooze in at several crannies, although the leaks were not considerable, and I endeavoured to stop them as well as I could. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The boat leaks a little. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• An old tin can or a sponge may serve to bale out water from a leaking rowboat, but such a crude device would be absurd if employed on our huge vessels of war and commerce. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I can see it leaking out in fifty different ways,--just the same strong, overbearing, dominant spirit. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the leaking cylinder. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• By doing this, he would permit the greater external pressure to squeeze the soil into the leaking pockets and thereby choke the leak. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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