leak

S2 W1

in Vietnamese Rò rỉ, chảy ra

BrE /liːk/ AmE /lik/

verb / noun en → vi

past leaked pp leaked ing leaking

1 LIQUID FLOW [intransitive] B1

Rò rỉ, chảy ra

to flow out of a container or pipe through a hole or crack

  • water leaks from somewhere

Collocations leak water · fix a leak

  • The roof is leaking again.

    Mái nhà lại đang rò rỉ.

2 SECRET DISCLOSURE [transitive] B2

Rò rỉ thông tin bí mật, tiết lộ

to make secret information known to people who should not know it

  • leak a story / document

Collocations leak information · stop a leak

  • The newspaper leaked the details of the secret meeting.

    Tờ báo đã tiết lộ chi tiết về cuộc họp bí mật.

3 NOUN - LIQUID FLOW [singular] B1

Điểm rò rỉ, chỗ hở

a place where liquid flows out of a container or pipe through a hole or crack

  • there is a leak somewhere

Collocations fix the leak · find the source of the leak

  • There's a leak in the basement.

    Có điểm rò rỉ ở tầng hầm.

1 NOUN - SECRET DISCLOSURE [singular] B2

Rò rỉ thông tin bí mật, tiết lộ

the act of making secret information known to people who should not know it

  • there is a leak somewhere

Collocations stop the leak · investigate the leak

  • The leak was traced back to an employee.

    Rò rỉ thông tin đã được truy ngược lại đến một nhân viên.