drip [drɪp] verb (-pp-) intransitive or transitive ■If a liquid drips, it falls in drops, or you make it fall in drops (使)滴下•Water dripped down the wall.水顺着墙滴下来。 •She dripped paint on the carpet.她把油漆滴在了地毯上。 intransitive ■to produce drops of liquid 滴落;滴水•Watch out - the candle's dripping.小心——蜡烛滴油了。 [drɪp] verb (-pp-) be dripping with sth humorous ■to be wearing a lot of something (某物)穿戴很多的…•She was absolutely dripping with gold/jewels.她满身金饰/穿戴一身宝石。 [drɪp] noun LIQUID 液体 countable ■a drop of liquid 一滴;滴液•drips of paint/sweat几滴油漆/汗珠 only singular ■the sound or action of liquid falling in drops 滴水声;滴下•All I could hear was the drip of the rain from the roof.我只能听到雨水从房顶滴下来的声音。 countable UK (US also IV) ■a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into one of their veins , or a piece of equipment for doing this 输液;点滴注射器•He was on a drip for three days.已经给他打了三天点滴了。 [drɪp] noun PERSON 人 countable informal disapproving ■a boring person without a strong character 没有个性的人,乏味的人•Her husband is such a drip.她的丈夫真是无聊透顶。 [drɪp] noun drip, drip, (drip) ■used to describe a process in which something bad happens very slowly 形容坏事缓慢发生的过程•the steady drip, drip, drip with which small independently-owned shops are disappearing小型个体商店的渐渐消失 |