drip

英 [drɪp] 美[drɪp]
  • 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

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词态变化


复数: drips;第三人称单数: drips;过去式: dripped;过去分词: dripped;现在分词: dripping;

助记提示


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

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.

双语例句


1. He is on a saline drip.
他正在输盐水.

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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.

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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。

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