释义 |
drip/drip/ v. & n.●v. (dripped, dripping) 1 intr. & tr. fall or let fall in drops 滴下,流滴 2 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 with) be so wet as to shed drops (湿淋淋地)滴下 dripped with blood 鲜血滴下 ●n. 1a the act or an instance of dripping 滴下,滴水 the steady drip of rain 雨点滴个不停 b a drop of liquid 一滴 a drip of paint 一滴油漆 c a sound of dripping 滴水声 2 colloq. a stupid, dull, or ineffective person [口]愚钝(平庸)低效之人 3 Med. 【医】 = DRIP-FEED n. 4 Archit. a projection, esp. from a window sill, keeping the rain off the walls 【建】滴水挑檐;(尤指窗沿的外窗台) □ be dripping with be full of or covered with 充满,覆盖 a duchess dripping with pearls 珠光宝气的公爵夫人 □ dripping wet very wet 湿透 [Middle Danish drippe, from Germanic (cf. DROP)] |