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单词 drip
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drip

verb
/drɪp/
/drɪp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drip
/drɪp/
/drɪp/
he / she / it drips
/drɪps/
/drɪps/
past simple dripped
/drɪpt/
/drɪpt/
past participle dripped
/drɪpt/
/drɪpt/
-ing form dripping
/ˈdrɪpɪŋ/
/ˈdrɪpɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of liquid) to fall in small drops
    • She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.
    • Water was dripping down the walls.
    • The rain came down and dripped off the edges of the car.
  2. [intransitive, transitive] to produce or let fall drops of liquid
    • The tap was dripping.
    • + adv./prep. Her hair dripped down her back.
    • drip with something Her hands were dripping with blood.
    • drip something (+adv./prep.) Be careful, you're dripping paint everywhere!
  3. [intransitive, transitive] to contain or hold a lot of something
    • drip with something The trees were dripping with fruit.
    • drip something His voice dripped sarcasm.
    4. Word OriginOld English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop.

drip

noun
/drɪp/
/drɪp/
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  1. [singular] the sound or action of small drops of liquid falling continuously
    • The silence was broken only by the steady drip, drip of water from the roof.
    • the steady drip of water from the tap
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slow
    • steady
    preposition
    • drip of
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a small drop of liquid that falls from something
    • We put a bucket under the hole in the roof to catch the drips.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + drip
    • catch
    drip + verb
    • fall
    preposition
    • drip from
    See full entry
  3. (also IV especially in North American English)
     [countable] (medical) a piece of equipment that passes liquid food, medicine or blood very slowly through a tube into a patient’s vein
    • on a drip She's been put on a drip.
    Extra Examples
    • He is on a saline drip.
    • He was taken off his drip last night.
    Topics Medicinec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • intravenous
    • morphine
    • saline
    • …
    verb + drip
    • fix up
    • set up
    • be attached to
    • …
    See full entry
  4. [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a boring or stupid person with a weak personality synonym wimp
    • Don't be such a drip—come and join in the fun!
    5. Word OriginOld English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop.
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