Tra từ leak - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gas leak (=an escape of gas through a hole in something)
▪ If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
a leaking/leaky tap (=with drops of water coming from the end )
▪ The leaky tap had left a stain in the washbasin.
a leaky/leaking roof (=one that lets rain in)
▪ We needed to fix the leaky roof.
a pipe leaks
▪ He complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
a radiation leak
▪ A radiation leak occurred at a Russian nuclear power station.
leak a story (=secretly tell a reporter about it)
▪ We may never know who leaked the story to the press.
leak sth to the press (=give them secret information in an unofficial way)
▪ The confidential report was leaked to the press.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
out
▪ Saunders' body was twitching violently as his blood leaked out in dying jets, slicking the walkway.
▪ But one thing that worries me is the way information about the sortie has leaked out.
▪ The agreement leaked out and Inoue was forced to resign in July 1887.
▪ The two men wondered if most of the oil somehow leaked out of the field over time.
▪ Often, some of the fertilizer leaks out and its recipients respond.
▪ You stand frozen in your tracks, a little blood leaks out your mouth, and you topple over in the snow.
▪ On Friday the share price of Pearl Group rose 44p to 552p as news of the bid began to leak out.
▪ Well, apparently the word leaked out.
NOUN
document
▪ Whoever leaked the secret document to the residents is clearly against it.
▪ It is often a crime to leak classified documents, grand jury testimony or secret reports, but not to receive them.
▪ There are more effective ways to leak a document.
▪ She said she believed the memo was genuine, in part because other leaked documents had proved to be bona fide.
information
▪ Civil servants who leak information are criticised by politicians for a breach of trust.
▪ The suggestion is that MI5 officers may be leaking some of the information.
▪ He added that the penalties against leaking confidential information were severe.
news
▪ The news leaked out last weekend, and pressure has mounted on the justice minister, Oliviero Diliberto, to investigate.
▪ A few crumbs of news leaked through.
▪ A few will leave during the day. News may later leak out that they were spies.
▪ No sooner had the news leaked out than my telephone started ringing.
▪ They were getting worried that news was leaking out.
report
▪ It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report.
▪ In fact, she was referring only to his denials of having leaked the report.
roof
▪ To add insult to injury the roof leaked.
▪ The roof leaked, and the front porch was falling off.
▪ The roof leaks dreadfully so you can not move for falling over old galvanized buckets of rainwater.
▪ The build-up of ice on roofs is also creating leaks that threaten internal wiring and pose a fire hazard.
▪ And he had water, as well, since the thatch roof was leaking badly in several places.
▪ This house has a roof that leaks.
▪ Porous state My slate roof is leaking through general wear.
▪ The roofs leaked, the grass died, and the fences were torn down.
water
▪ He saw the weird underworld life for himself, and heard the horrible drip of water leaking through.
▪ Six minutes later more water started leaking through the top right-hand corner of another window.
▪ I hurried up to the loft, hoping the water tank wasn't leaking, but it wasn't.
▪ And when the soles got so thin that water would leak in, Kresge would line his shoes with old newspapers.
▪ An agitated businessman at the other end of the line complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
▪ The problem-solving sessions began to generate ideas for fixing problems such as water leaks and glass breakage.
▪ It would have been perfect if half a gallon of water had not leaked into my rolled-up sleeping-bag.
▪ Great pale splotches appeared on the once-shining parquet floor where water had leaked in and stood in puddles.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.
▪ I think the fuel tank is leaking.
▪ Information on the merger had been leaked to the press.
▪ Someone at the Pentagon leaked a letter from the Secretary of Defense.
▪ The Congressman was furious that the report had been leaked.
▪ The contents of the fax were leaked to the press
▪ The roof always leaks when it rains.
▪ They found the pipe that was leaking chlorine.
▪ Water was leaking from a pipe in the bathroom.
▪ Yoghurt had leaked out of the pot all over my lunchbox.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But once the adrenalin spurts back into your system it will not gently leak away.
▪ Is it doing anything strange, such as leaking, making noises or not keeping water as hot as it used to?
▪ Its Woosterish appearance conceals some white-hot technology, such as an airtight ink-chamber which is guaranteed not to leak in an aircraft cabin.
▪ The Ecuadorean tanker Jessica started leaking diesel oil after running aground last week.
▪ The roof leaked, and the front porch was falling off.
▪ Then a buttery glow leaking from horizon to horizon, flooding the mesas and outcrop rock of the high desert.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
radioactive
▪ The transporters are designed to withstand accidents and until recently the Govenrment ruled out any possibility of a radioactive leak.
▪ The events included radioactive leaks, unplanned shutdowns and component failures, as well as vandalism, drug abuse and unauthorized use of firearms.
NOUN
gas
▪ Vote paves way, page 2 News in brief: Ferries held up by gas leak.
▪ Forcing independent gas suppliers to respond to gas leaks reported to them.
▪ The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak.
▪ But firemen confirmed the blast at 3.42am was caused by a gas leak from a water heater.
▪ The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak.
▪ Delicate arrangements are required to maintain the controlled gas leak and these are prone to wear and maintenance problems.
▪ That was the occasion when a gas leak caused an explosion which wrecked an entire tenement.
▪ But responding to Nathan Bryce's flirting was about as wise as striking matches to find a gas leak.
oil
▪ His immediate reaction was that there was an oil leak.
radiation
▪ The council has put an emergency radiation leak plan on its website which reads like a throwback to the Cold War.
▪ They stressed, however, that there had been no radiation leak at the plant, which is of the Chernobyl type.
▪ They did not cause any radiation leaks and posed no danger to the environment.
▪ In all, 1.3 million people have been registered as suffering from diseases related to the radiation leak.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spring a leak
▪ An old galvanised iron cistern is liable to spring a leak eventually.
▪ If it is partly submerged, it has sprung a leak and filled with water.
▪ If the cooling system sprang a leak pilots had to land and mend the pipe with chewing gum and insulation tape.
▪ Water supplies to Bristol were threatened in 1990 when the Gloucester Sharpness canal sprang a leak and temporary pipelines had to installed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A leak was discovered in the cooling system.
▪ The boat had sprung a leak and it was sinking fast.
▪ The scandal began with a leak to "The Times".
▪ The water pressure's right down - there must be a leak in the pipe.
▪ White House officials are anxious to find the person responsible for the leak.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Decaying steelwork and water leaks have weakened the tunnel structures, and many stations are in need of major refurbishment.
▪ Forcing independent gas suppliers to respond to gas leaks reported to them.
▪ I think you know how obsessed George Bush is about leaks.
▪ People whose roofs have been sound for decades are now looking at major leaks.
▪ Usually the origin of the leaks and the motives behind them were easy enough to trace.
▪ Vote paves way, page 2 News in brief: Ferries held up by gas leak.
▪ Waterproofness: no leaks even during heavy downpours.

leak

I. leak¹ /liːk/ verb
[date : 1400-1500; Language : Old Norse; Origin : leka]
1. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through:
　 ▪ The roof is leaking.
　 ▪ A tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Scotland.

2. [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]
if a gas or liquid leaks somewhere, it gets through a hole in something SYN seep
leak into/from/out
　 ▪ Sea water was leaking into the batteries which powered the electric motors.

3. [TRANSITIVE]
to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc:
　 ▪ The report’s findings had been leaked.
leak something to somebody
　 ▪ civil servants who leak information to the press
leak out phrasal verb
if secret information leaks out, a lot of people find out about it:
　 ▪ No sooner had the news leaked out than my telephone started ringing.

II. leak² noun [COUNTABLE]
1. a small hole that lets liquid or gas flow into or out of something:
　 ▪ There is a leak in the ceiling.
　 ▪ The boat had sprung a leak (=a hole had appeared in it).

2. a gas/oil/water etc leak
an escape of gas or liquid through a hole in something:
　 ▪ A gas leak caused the explosion.

3. a situation in which secret information is deliberately given to a newspaper, television company etc:
　 ▪ It became evident from the leaks that something important was going on.

4. take/have a leak
informal to get rid of waste liquid from your body SYN urinate
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THESAURUS
▪hole an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it :
　 ▪ A fox had dug a hole under our fence.
　 ▪ Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.
▪space an empty area between two things, into which you can put something :
　 ▪ Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf?
　 ▪ a parking space
▪gap an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there :
　 ▪ He has a gap between his two front teeth.
　 ▪ I squeezed through a gap in the hedge.
▪opening a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something :
　 ▪ The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel.
　 ▪ I looked through the narrow opening in the wall.
▪leak a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out :
　 ▪ a leak in the pipe
　 ▪ The plumber's coming to repair the leak.
▪puncture especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes :
　 ▪ My bike's got a puncture.
▪crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something :
　 ▪ The snake slid into a crack in the rock.
　 ▪ She was peering through the crack in the curtains.
▪slot a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into :
　 ▪ You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number.
　 ▪ A small disk fits into a slot in the camera.
▪crater a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard :
　 ▪ a volcanic crater
　 ▪ The meteor left a crater over five miles wide.
　 ▪ the craters on the moon