单词 | in a drip |
释义 | > as lemmasin a drip a. The act or fact of dripping or falling in drops. Also reduplicated drip-drip. in a drip: in a dripping condition, saturated. right of drip (Law): an easement which entitles the owner of a house to let the water from his eaves drip on his neighbour's land. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] droppingc1000 drippingc1440 stilling1530 trickling1629 dropa1637 drip1675 drip feed1899 1675 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 2) vii. 102 No Tree thriving under its drip. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxxvi. 48 On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. ii. 25 Listen to the drip-drip of the rain upon the leads. 1894 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 378 He's in such a drip of perspiration. < as lemmas |
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