漏油

lòuyóu

verb

Meanings

HSK 6

这次漏油事故污染了几百公里的海岸线。

Zhè cì lòuyóu shìgù wūrǎn le jǐbǎi gōnglǐ de hǎi'ànxiàn.

This oil spill polluted several hundred kilometres of coastline.

HSK 7-9

我的车好像漏油了，地上有一摊油。

Wǒ de chē hǎoxiàng lòuyóu le, dìshang yǒu yì tān yóu.

My car seems to be leaking oil; there is a puddle of oil on the ground.

usage

News reports call an oil spill a 漏油事故 or 漏油事件. The pattern 漏 + what escapes also gives 漏水 (to leak water) and 漏气 (to leak air or gas).

漏 lòu

油 yóu