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dripped, dripping
no obj. let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid滴下液体, 滴水, 湿淋淋：the tap won't stop dripping
水龙头滴水不止
his hands were dripping with blood.
他的双手血淋淋的。
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- with adverbial(of liquid) fall in small drops（液体）滴下：
water dripped from her clothing.
水从她的衣服上滴下。
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- with obj. cause or allow (a liquid) to fall in such a way使滴下：
the candle was dripping wax down one side.
蜡烛的一侧在滴油。
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- figurative display a copious amount or degree of a particular quality or thing〈喻〉充溢, 充满：
the women were dripping with gold and diamonds
那些女人们全身珠光宝气
with obj. his voice dripped sarcasm.他的声音里充满着讽刺。
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- a small drop of a liquid液滴：
she put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips.
她在碗橱顶上放了一只水桶来接滴下的水。
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- in sing. the action or sound of liquid falling steadily in small drops滴下; 滴水声, 滴答声：
the drip, drip, drip of the leak in the roof.
屋顶漏水的滴答声。
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- （亦作drip feed）Medicine an apparatus which passes fluid, nutrients, or drugs drop by drop into a patient's body on a continuous basis, usually intravenously【医】（静脉）滴注器：
he had been on a drip for several days.
他输液已有几天了。
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- informal a weak and ineffectual person〈非正式〉窝囊废, 没用的人。
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- Architecture a projection on a moulding or cornice, channelled to prevent rain from running down the wall below【建筑】滴水挑檐; 滴水槽。比较 DRIPSTONE.
词源
Old English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to DROP.