/li:k ||; lik/verb1 [I,T] to allow liquid or gas to get through a hole or crack 漏水;漏气: The boat was leaking badly. 这艘船漏得厉害。
2 [I] (used about liquid or gas) to get out through a hole or crack (指液体或气体)渗,漏: Water is leaking in through the roof. 水从屋顶渗进来了。
3 [T] leak sth (to sb) to give secret information to sb 泄漏机密: The committee's findings were leaked to the press before the report was published. 委员会还没有发表报告,他们的调查结果却已泄漏给新闻界。
leak out (used about secret information) to become known (指秘密)泄漏出去