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trickle in, out, back, etc. phrase to arrive or move somewhere slowly and gradually, in small numbers: 缓慢而零星地进入/离开/返回(等等) Gradually people trickled back into the theatre for the second half.渐渐地,人们开始三三两两地回到剧院看下半场。 Customers trickled in all morning. Students trickled into the classroom with no great sense of urgency. One or two guests had started to trickle into the room. Disgruntled fans started trickling out long before the game was finished. Residents have started trickling back for the first time since the storms devastated their town. With the pandemic over, people began to trickle back to malls and shopping centres. See also
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