单词 | drip |
释义 | drip (once / 519 pages) nv When water flows slowly in tiny drops, it drips. The movement of water in this way is called a drip. Have you ever had a leaky faucet? Then you probably know a drip is water leaking out one drop at a time: drip drip drip. A broken faucet has a drip, and you can say the water is dripping. When it rains, it usually starts dripping before it rains harder. When you turn on the shower, it might start as drips. Once the water is flowing strongly and in a stream, it's not dripping anymore. WORD FAMILYdrip: dripless, dripped, dripping, drippy, drips+/dripping: drippings/drippy: drippiest, drippiness USAGE EXAMPLESThe immunity IV drip involves one litre of hydration and is designed to "combat superbugs and common viruses", according to the Drip Doctors website. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Yours may drip like a spaniel’s, too, but every bite of that tender, fragrant pork was worth it. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Instead, it was a slow drip of weakness as China continued to intervene heavily in markets to prop up the yuan against a surging dollar. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1n flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid there's a drip through the roof Syn|Hypo|Hyper dribble, trickle intravenous drip slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time) flow, flowing the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) 2n the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop the constant sound of dripping irritated him Syn|Hyper dripping sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 3n (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) Syn|Hypo|Hyper drip mold, drip mould dripstone, hoodmold, hoodmould a protective drip that is made of stone projection any structure that branches out from a central support 4v fall in drops Water is dripping from the faucet Syn|Hyper dribble, drop let or cause to fall in drops come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 5v let or cause to fall in drops Syn|Hyper dribble, drop pour cause to run |
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