单词 | drip |
释义 | drip (drɪp ) Word forms: drips , dripping , dripped 1. verb When liquid drips somewhere, or you drip it somewhere, it falls in individual small drops. Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor. [VERB preposition/adverb] Amid the trees the sea mist was dripping. [VERB] The children kept dripping Coke on the carpets. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 2. verb When something drips, drops of liquid fall from it. A tap in the kitchen was dripping. [VERB] Lou was dripping with perspiration. [VERB + with] He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor. [VERB noun] Synonyms: drop, splash, sprinkle, trickle 3. countable noun A drip is a small individual drop of a liquid. Drips of water rolled down the trousers of his uniform. Synonyms: drop, bead, trickle, dribble 4. countable noun A drip is a piece of medical equipment by which a liquid is slowly passed through a tube into a patient's blood. I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip. 5. verb [usually cont] If you say that something is dripping with a particular thing, you mean that it contains a lot of that thing. [literary] They were dazed by window displays dripping with diamonds and furs. [VERB + with] His voice was dripping with sarcasm. [VERB with noun] 6. countable noun If you call someone a drip, you mean that they are rather stupid and lacking in enthusiasm or energy. [informal, disapproval] 7. See also drip-dry, dripping Collocations: drip line It grows behind the drip line, out of direct sunlight but not in the darkest shadows of the caves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a consequence, the r-process runs up along the neutron drip line and highly-unstable neutron-rich nuclei are created. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has five caves under a vast overhanging rock, carved with a drip line to keep the interiors dry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spray, drip line or bubbler emitters are most efficient for watering trees, shrubs, flowers and groundcovers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A bulldozer was brought in to remove sections of fill beyond the drip line of the shelter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Look into a drip system if you don't have time. Times, Sunday Times These innovations include a drip system for distributing admissions and no overnight call anywhere in the training program. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They do need a drip system and live plants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has an automatic dripping system which feeds the cells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chet explained that this was due to iron oxide and other minerals in the dripping water. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK (1960) From somewhere -- he couldn't tell where -- came the minute plink of dripping water. GRACE (2001) Wrapped in a towel, dripping water onto the sea-grass, I traipse to the kitchen and switch on the kettle. CHAMELEON (2003) With no shelter apart from a tarpaulin strung between two branches, rain drips through the canopy of leaves and on to his sleeping bag. Times, Sunday Times There's no triumph here, and we're left with the detritus of deceit, as rain drips through the office roof and plunks disconsolately into a bucket. Times, Sunday Times On that bit of old log lying at the foot of the wall, where the rain drips off the ivy. Times, Sunday Times The slow drip of ambush marketing turns us into a bag of suspicions. Times, Sunday Times Whatever the academy used to be, it began to cease being a decade or so ago, when a slow drip of meaningful presences started to accept the call. Times, Sunday Times A slow drip watering system may improve thermal performance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Like drops of water filling a bucket, the slow dripping of neglect will eventually be a heavy load to carry. Christianity Today Expect a steady drip of cultural faux-pas as he seeks out the country's quirks. Times,Sunday Times A steady drip, drip, drip from a leaky kitchen faucet slowly entered my awareness. Christianity Today A steady drip of discreditable information has eroded what remained of his reputation. Times, Sunday Times The 'steady drip' from a pipe had been detected 14 months earlier but was ignored. Times, Sunday Times Finished animation emerged in a steady drip of around three minutes a week. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sweat drips like a tap with a worn washer. Times, Sunday Times As the strikes land, the blood flows and sweat drips, leaving the canvas a red and pink speckled mess. The Sun When we hold the press-up position ('plank'), sweat drips off my chin. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 滴液, 滴下 Japanese: したたり, したたる |
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