单词 | drip |
释义 | drip /drip/, v. , dripped or dript, dripping, n. v.i. 1. to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. v.t. 3. to let fall in drops. n. 4. an act of dripping. 5. liquid that drips. 6. the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet. 7. Slang. an unattractive, boring, or colorless person. 8. (in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface. 9. Archit. , Building Trades. any device, as a molding, for shedding rain water to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc. 10. a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc. 11. Med. See intravenous drip. 12. Slang. maudlin sentimentality. [bef. 1000; ME dryppe, OE dryppan; cf. DROP] Syn. 2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle. |
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