leaky

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

leakier

Superlative

leakiest

1.
Having leaks; not fully sealed.
The leaky bucket dripped only one drop at a time, but by the time I got back to the house it was half empty.
The ceiling was so leaky that someone had to fix it.
2.
Tending to leak secrets or information.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Likely a normalisation (-y) of earlier leak, leake, leke (leaky), from Middle English leke (leaky), from Old English hlec, *lec (having cracks or rents; leaky), from Proto-Germanic *lekaz (leaking; leaky). leak. Cognate with lek, leck (leaky), läk, lek, leck, leck, läck, lekur.