drip
vi. 滴下；充满；漏下
n. 水滴，滴水声；静脉滴注；使人厌烦的人
vt. 使滴下；溢出，发出
中文词源
drip 滴落
来自PIE*dhreu, 滴，词源同drop.
英文词源
- drip
- drip: see drop
- drip (n.)
- mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919).
- drip (v.)
- c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cognates: Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.
中文解释
1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.4. drip-drop 滴水声
实用例句
- 1. He is on a saline drip.
- 他正在输盐水.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The faucet has developed a drip.
- 那个水龙头已经开始滴水了.
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- 3. Everything he said drip ped acid.
- 他的话里字字句句都带着刺.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. I hate this sort of drip.
- 我讨厌这种无聊的闲话.
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- 5. I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.
- 我得了严重的肺炎，在医院输了两天液。
来自柯林斯例句