drip

drips 是 drip 的复数形式/第三人称单数,页面展示原形释义。
英 [drɪp] 美 [drɪp]
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  • 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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记忆方法

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
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词族 · drip

词形变化与派生词,串起来记

中文词源

drip 滴落

来自PIE*dhreu, 滴,词源同drop.

英语词源

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.

权威例句

1. He is on a saline drip.
他正在输盐水.
2. The faucet has developed a drip.
那个水龙头已经开始滴水了.
3. Everything he said drip ped acid.
他的话里字字句句都带着刺.
4. I hate this sort of drip.
我讨厌这种无聊的闲话.
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。

词语辨析

【drip, leak】
这组词都有“滴,漏”的意思,其区别是:
drip: 侧重以点滴形式下落,也指漏出或溢出。
leak: 侧重液体或气体等从容器漏出,或泄漏了消息。

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