Word · Frequency #7196
drip
滴落；漏水
To fall one drop at a time; to leak slowly.
- 1.
To fall one drop at a time.
一滴一滴地落下
- 2.
To leak slowly.
慢慢漏出。
- 3.
To let fall in drops.
滴下
- 4.
To have a superabundance of (something).
充满(某物)。
- 5.
To rain lightly; to drizzle.
小雨；毛毛雨
- 6.
To be wet, to be soaked.
湿透的。
使滴落；滴；下毛毛雨；下小雨；湿透；滴着水；充满；多得往外溢；一滴一滴地落下
In use
The faucet is dripping again, wasting a lot of water.
She accidentally dripped paint on the floor while painting the wall.
Make sure you don't drip any soup on your shirt.
Verb forms
base drip · third person drips · -ing dripping · past dripped · past participle dripped
规则动词，但需双写p加-ed和-ing
Connections
Collocations
- drip down
- 滴落；往下滴
- Tears dripped down her cheeks.泪水顺着她的脸颊滴落。
- drip from
- 从…滴下；缓慢漏出
- Water is dripping from the tap.水正从水龙头滴漏出来。
- drip with
- 溢满；湿淋淋地滴着
- His face was dripping with sweat.他满脸是汗，汗水直往下滴。
- drip slowly
- 慢慢滴落；缓缓漏水
- The faucet dripped slowly all night.水龙头整夜都在慢慢地滴水。
Idioms & figurative uses
- drip-feed
- 逐步提供；一点点地灌输The company has been drip-feeding information to the media.公司一直在向媒体逐步提供信息。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象水龙头“滴—滴—滴”漏水的声音，和drip读音相近，记住“一滴一滴落下”就是drip。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：家庭生活：水龙头或管道漏水、天气：下雨或屋檐滴水、日常动作：液体从物体表面滴落 drip 作动词时通常表示液体一滴一滴地落下或缓慢漏出，多用于描述水龙头、管道、屋檐或潮湿天气等日常场景。该词在正式与口语中都比较常见，语气自然中性；若要表达“充满”等引申义，就会显得更口语化。
Grammar Note
可作及物和不及物动词
Pronunciation & Spelling
These six words all share the spelling chunk 'ip' and rhyme with /ɪp/. Do not confuse 'drip' with lookalikes 'drop' /drɒp/ or 'drape' /dreɪp/, which start with dr- but have different vowel sounds.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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