drip

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ldoce_076_cdrip1 /drɪp/ ●●○ verb (dripped, dripping)  1  [intransitive, transitive]LIQUID to let liquid fall in drops 滴（水），滴下（液体） The tap’s dripping. 水龙头在滴水。 Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping. 她的靴子沾满了泥，头发在滴水。drip blood/water/sweat etc John came in, his arm dripping blood. 约翰进来了，他的手臂在滴血。be dripping with blood/sweat etc The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat. 拿枪的手汗水直往下滴。 →5  See picture of leak 漏, drip 滴2  [intransitive]LIQUID to fall in drops 〔液体〕滴下，沥下drip down/from etc The rain dripped down his neck. 雨水顺着他的脖子往下滴。 Water was dripping through the ceiling. 水正透过天花板滴下来。3  be dripping with something to contain or be covered in a lot of something 满是某物；充满[充溢]某物be dripping with jewels/gems/pearls etc All the princes were dripping with gems. 王子们个个珠光宝气。 His tone was now dripping with sarcasm. 他的语调现在充满了嘲讽。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

drip• The faucet's dripping again - you'd better call the plumber.• The rain dripped down his neck.• The two of them looked at it, as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum.• Sweat dripped down the sides of his head and chest.• He ignored the icicles too, a whole row of glistening two-and three-footers dripping from a pipe.• The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.• Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.• We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.• Thérèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.be dripping with blood/sweat etc• The flatboat was dripping with blood.• The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat, the metal feeling hot and slick.Water ... dripping• One of his neighbours finds water dripping from the balcony above along her ceiling and out near her electric fire.• And yet inside, despite the saturated carpet and water still dripping from the ceiling, business was proceeding.• You can hear the sound of water dripping in the pail and the sound of the washcloth on skin.• Water dripping into his brain pan.• Water began dripping into the window, the port engine started to cough.

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drip2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable]LIQUID one of the drops of liquid that fall from something 液滴 I put some plastic buckets on the floor to catch the drips. 我把几个塑料桶放在地板上接滴下来的水。2  [singular, uncountable]LIQUID the sound or action of a liquid falling in drops 滴水声；滴落 The silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip. 唯有嘀嗒嘀嗒的滴水声打破这宁静。3  [countable]MD a piece of equipment used in hospitals for putting liquids directly into your blood through a tube 〔静脉〕滴注器 SYN IVbe/put somebody on a drip At the hospital they put me on a drip. 在医院，他们给我输液。4. [countable] informalBORING someone who is boring and weak 怯懦无趣的人，平庸乏味者n5  drip, drip, dripdrip, drip drip used to talk about something happening gradually or continually over a period of time the drip, drip, drip of new revelations every day

Examples from the Corpus

drip• A drip to be adjusted here, a vein to be found there, the floor to be constantly scrubbed.• Before painting, lay a cloth on the floor to catch any drips.• As I settled the man on to a pallet and helped the Sister fasten the glucose drip, I felt less uncomfortable.• The dead silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip.• The man with the bright eyes needed a saline drip.• A steady drip of blood was forming a pool on the floor.• Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet to catch the drips.• Everything was quiet except for the drip of rain from the roof.Origin drip1 Old English dryppan; related to drop

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drip¹ /drɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle dripped, present participle dripping)1. [intransitive and transitive] to let liquid fall in drops:
    The tap’s dripping.
    Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
    drip blood/water/sweat etc
    John came in, his arm dripping blood.
    be dripping with blood/sweat etc
    The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat.
2. [intransitive] to fall in drops
    drip down/from etc
    The rain dripped down his neck.
    Water was dripping through the ceiling.
3. be dripping with something to contain or be covered in a lot of something
    be dripping with jewels/gems/pearls etc
    All the princes were dripping with gems.
    His tone was now dripping with sarcasm.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ flow if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream: Blood flowed from his hand. | The river flows very quickly at this point.
   ▪ run to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction: Water was running down the walls of the room. | Sweat ran off his nose. | The river runs into the sea.
   ▪ come out to flow out of something: You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
   ▪ pour to flow in large quantities: The rain poured down. | Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
   ▪ gush to flow out quickly in very large quantities: Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
   ▪ spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
   ▪ trickle to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream: Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
   ▪ leak to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen: Oil was leaking from the engine.
   ▪ ooze to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid: Blood was oozing from the wound. | Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
   ▪ drip to fall in drops: Water dripped from the tap continuously.
   ▪ cascade to flow down the side of something in large amounts: Water cascades down the hilllside.

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drip² noun
1. [countable] one of the drops of liquid that fall from something:
    I put some plastic buckets on the floor to catch the drips.
2. [singular, uncountable] the sound or action of a liquid falling in drops:
    The silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip.
3. [countable] a piece of equipment used in hospitals for putting liquids directly into your blood through a tube
   SYN  IV
    be/put somebody on a drip
    At the hospital they put me on a drip.
4. [countable] informal someone who is boring and weak