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。

1. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.

汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

2. A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.

难民开始三五成群地陆续逃离该国。

3. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.

政府并没有仅仅依赖垂滴经济学来解决贫困。

4. Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.

往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。

5. There was not so much as a trickle of water.

连一道细流都没有。