seep into 復習
８日午前５時１５分ごろ、福岡市博多区のJR博多駅前の道路が陥没しました。
UPDATE: Huge sinkhole forms near Fukuoka train station
FUKUOKA--Evacuation warnings were issued and electricity was cut off here after a sinkhole swallowed a huge section of road in front of the largest train station in the Kyushu region on Nov. 8, authorities said.
No injuries were reported in the incident near JR Hakata Station.
The sinkhole was 30 meters long, 30 meters wide and 15 meters deep, but water flowing into the hole from a drain raised the possibility that it could expand further. Police called on people in 10 nearby buildings to leave the area.
The Fukuoka city government acknowledged that work to bore a tunnel for the extension of the Nanakuma subway line caused the cave-in. It apologized for the problem.
Police closed the area to traffic and urged people there not to use open flames after gas temporarily leaked in the neighborhood.
The power supply was disrupted to up to 800 households around the train station.
At around 2:30 p.m., the city government started to fill the hole as a stopgap measure to prevent buildings along the road from collapsing.
中略
A drilling survey had found that groundwater flowed in areas deeper than 3 to 5 meters below the surface of the ground.
A small amount of water had also seeped into the tunnel during the drilling work. But the volume was within the scope expected, and the fluid was discharged by pumps.
“We had taken thorough steps. But the cave-in, which we feared the most, occurred,” said a high-ranking official of the Transportation Bureau.
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611080015.html
今回取り上げる表現は、“seep into”です。『ウィズダム英和辞典』(第３版、三省堂)で“seep”を引いたところ、「〈液体・気体などが〉漏れる、しみ込む[出る]」とありました。〚〜 ＋ 副詞〛の形で用いられます。副詞は場所を表すもので、今回は“into”がきています。
LDOCEには“to flow slowly through small holes or spaces”と定義されていました。
「漏れる」と聞くとまず“leak”が思い浮かびますが、“seep”は漏れたものが「染み込む」というニュアンスを含む点で異なるようです。(Blue Sky)
leakとseep - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
