(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. 龙头滴水不止。 his hands were dripping with blood. 他的双手血淋淋的。 ■[with adverbial](of liquid) fall in small drops 滴下 water dripped from her clothing. 水从她衣服上滴下。 ■[with obj.]cause or allow (a liquid) to fall in such a way 使滴下 the candle was dripping wax down one side. 蜡烛一侧在滴油。 ■(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. 他的声音充满讽刺。
noun
a small drop of a liquid (液体)滴 she put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips. 她在碗橱顶上放了一只桶来接滴下的水。 ■[insing.]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。 ■(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)滴注器(常通过静脉) he had been on a drip for several days. 他输液已有几天。
(informal)a weak and ineffectual person (非正式)窝囊废,没用的人
(Architecture)a projection on a moulding or cornice, channelled to prevent rain from running down the wall below (建筑)滴水挑檐。 比较 dripstone
语源
Old English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop