B2 (of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container; (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape(液体或气体)漏,泄漏
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The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains.
Make sure the bucket doesn't leak.
Water was leaking all over the floor.
My boots are leaking.
The tank was leaking petrol everywhere.
C2 to allow secret information to become generally known泄露,透露(机密信息)
B2 a hole or crack through which a liquid or gas can flow out of a container, or the liquid or gas that comes out漏洞,泄漏处;漏出物
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A leak in the gas mains caused a major explosion.
There's a gas leak and the whole building could go up at any moment.
Have you plugged that leak in the pipe?
The chemical leak had poisoned the water supply.
There was a leak in one of the pipes and water was squirting out all over the kitchen floor.
C2 the origin of secret information that becomes known, or the act of making it known(机密信息)泄露的源头;泄露
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