单词 | water dripping |
释义 | > as lemmaswater dripping water dripping n. ΚΠ 1867 Athenæum 5 Oct. 537/3 A similar plan has already been proposed by Sir William Thomson with a waterdripping arrangement, but the mechanical contrivance is in all ways preferable. 1882 Bull. Nuttall Ornithol. Club 7 237 The Montagne Indians call it [sc. Richardson's owl] pillip-pile-tshish, which means ‘water-dripping bird’. 1898 E. T. Seton Wild Animals I have Known 190 It was the ‘water-dripping’ song of the saw-whet owl. 1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land (1923) 33 The hermit-thrush..Its ‘water-dripping song’ is justly celebrated. 1926 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 12 June 7 (advt.) Electric refrigeration... Eliminates the water-dripping nuisance, and the work and bother of carrying ice. 1973 Jrnl. Physics D 6 966 A corona-type discharge was found to occur wherever water dripping was present. < as lemmas |
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