drip

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A drop of a liquid. countable,uncountable
    — I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”) alt-of
  3. A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. countable,uncountable
    — the light drip of the suspended oar
  4. An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream. countable,uncountable
    — He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.
  5. A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person. colloquial,countable,derogatory,uncountable
    — He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!
  6. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater. countable,uncountable
  7. Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing. slang,uncountable
    — His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.
动词 v.
  1. To fall one drop at a time. intransitive
    — Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
  2. To leak slowly. intransitive
    — Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
  3. To let fall in drops. transitive
    — After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
  4. To have a superabundance of (something). intransitive,usually
    — The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
  5. To rain lightly; to drizzle. impersonal
    — The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.
  6. To be wet, to be soaked. intransitive
  7. To whine or complain consistently; to grumble. UK,intransitive,slang
    — The Women's Royal Naval Service was integrated with the Royal Navy in November 1993. […] Men interviewed by Public Eye (April, 1994) said they should 'stop dripping about it' and that women should learn to 'take it like a man […]
  8. Be impressive or attractive. slang,stative
    — I'm sorry for drippin', but drip is what I do. And one of these days, I'm gon' get dressed and drip all over you.

词形变化

drips present,singular,third-person dripping participle,present dripped participle,past dripped past drips plural drips plural

词汇关系

衍生词
adrip bedrip driphole dripless drippage dripper dripping water hollows a stone dripping wet dripple dripproof drippy dripstick dripstone driptorch eavesdrip nondrip overdreep drip loss continental drip drip coffee drip-dry drip edge drip feed drip-feed drip gas drip irrigation drip line drip marketing drip painting drip point drip pricing drip tip fog drip intravenous drip Murphy drip neutron drip line old man's drip postnasal drip post-nasal drip right of drip

词源

词源 1
From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”),
Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).
词源 2
From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”), Dutch drup (“drip”), Danish dryp (“drip”).
(style, swagger): Compare the verb sense "to have a superabundance of valuable things".
词源 3
Acronym.
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