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单词 drippy
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Definition of drippy in English:

drippy

adjectivedrippier, drippiest ˈdrɪpiˈdrɪpi
  • 1informal Weak, ineffectual, or sloppily sentimental.

    〈非正式〉软弱无力的,不顶用的;过于伤感的

    a drippy love song

    一首非常伤感的情歌。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I lost sight of Austin when some drippy, gooey slow song started to play.
    • He studied us, two drippy guys with goofy grins.
    • She's sympathetic without being drippy, extremely levelheaded, and (for a change) her sexuality is understated.
    • But I developed a cocky persona to distance ourselves from the drippy bands of the time.
    • Jake changes overnight from drippy layabout to high roller.
    • While it might seem this could be just another drippy and hackneyed heart-of-the-West melodrama, this made-for-TV movie is actually quite engaging, mostly because of its wholesome approach.
    • Mainly they're drippy playground recollections.
    • I'll try and sober up and be more coherent and less drippy.
    • What do you think of that drippy single, " A Moment Like This"?
    • A drippy woman wished me good morning and asked ‘How are you?’
    • I used to hate the ‘weird drippy people,’ but now I'm in awe.
    • The bad news is that my drippy sister is in that class.
    • This isn't narcissism, it's not the kind of being in love with myself that makes me feel like gazing into the mirror all day, or erecting monuments and writing myself drippy poetry I'll regret later.
    • Darcy was very drippy but the movie was saved by Hugh Grant.
    Synonyms
    banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, stereotyped, platitudinous, inane, fatuous, vapid, jejune, weak, feeble, tired, stale, overworked, overused, well worn
  • 2Tending to drip.

    易滴液体的

    drippy food

    易滴液汁的食物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘It's four,’ Ryan corrected dipping a chip in drippy salsa.
    • I even had to clean behind the dreaded tank-and if you were a spider with big drippy fangs and fuzzy legs, where do you think you would hide?
    • A single order of drippy cheese ravioli weighs in at over a pound, and the fettuccine Alfredo contains enough cholesterol to stop a velociraptor's heart.
    • The first day of school is right around the corner and young people around the country are relishing these last few days of summer vacation like the drippy end of a Popsicle.
    • Men love any food that's greasy and drippy, things they pick up with their hands to consume.
    • Could be a drippy faucet, could be a leaky water heater, could be, um, a new spring bubbling up from under my house.
    • Steer clear of the drippy nachos 'n' cheese, and go for the veggie tray instead.
    • I never get tired of drippy tomato-and-mayo sandwiches.
    • Skin tests with pollen and other common causes of allergy help confirm what causes your drippy nose.

Derivatives

  • drippily

  • adverb
    • This was a very engrossing and entertaining mystery, with a good plot and excellent (if a bit drippily female) characters.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's rural without being drippily so.
      • In the hands of another writer, the evolution of Fleur's emotions might have been a drippily sincere story.
  • drippiness

  • noun
    • A little bit of drippiness is okay, as the glue dries clear.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The glaze has a wonderful drippiness and each is piece unique.
      • Then there are those purveyors of the very worst kind of early 1970's drippiness.

Rhymes

chippy, clippie, dippy, grippy, hippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe, zippy

Definition of drippy in US English:

drippy

adjectiveˈdripēˈdrɪpi
  • 1informal Weak, ineffectual, or sloppily sentimental.

    〈非正式〉软弱无力的,不顶用的;过于伤感的

    a drippy love song

    一首非常伤感的情歌。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I lost sight of Austin when some drippy, gooey slow song started to play.
    • I used to hate the ‘weird drippy people,’ but now I'm in awe.
    • While it might seem this could be just another drippy and hackneyed heart-of-the-West melodrama, this made-for-TV movie is actually quite engaging, mostly because of its wholesome approach.
    • A drippy woman wished me good morning and asked ‘How are you?’
    • She's sympathetic without being drippy, extremely levelheaded, and (for a change) her sexuality is understated.
    • He studied us, two drippy guys with goofy grins.
    • Mainly they're drippy playground recollections.
    • I'll try and sober up and be more coherent and less drippy.
    • What do you think of that drippy single, " A Moment Like This"?
    • Darcy was very drippy but the movie was saved by Hugh Grant.
    • Jake changes overnight from drippy layabout to high roller.
    • But I developed a cocky persona to distance ourselves from the drippy bands of the time.
    • The bad news is that my drippy sister is in that class.
    • This isn't narcissism, it's not the kind of being in love with myself that makes me feel like gazing into the mirror all day, or erecting monuments and writing myself drippy poetry I'll regret later.
    Synonyms
    banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, stereotyped, platitudinous, inane, fatuous, vapid, jejune, weak, feeble, tired, stale, overworked, overused, well worn
  • 2Tending to drip.

    易滴液体的

    drippy food

    易滴液汁的食物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Steer clear of the drippy nachos 'n' cheese, and go for the veggie tray instead.
    • A single order of drippy cheese ravioli weighs in at over a pound, and the fettuccine Alfredo contains enough cholesterol to stop a velociraptor's heart.
    • I even had to clean behind the dreaded tank-and if you were a spider with big drippy fangs and fuzzy legs, where do you think you would hide?
    • Skin tests with pollen and other common causes of allergy help confirm what causes your drippy nose.
    • The first day of school is right around the corner and young people around the country are relishing these last few days of summer vacation like the drippy end of a Popsicle.
    • ‘It's four,’ Ryan corrected dipping a chip in drippy salsa.
    • I never get tired of drippy tomato-and-mayo sandwiches.
    • Men love any food that's greasy and drippy, things they pick up with their hands to consume.
    • Could be a drippy faucet, could be a leaky water heater, could be, um, a new spring bubbling up from under my house.
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