a drip of sth
指液体的一小滴，常用于具体液体。
A drip of water fell from the tap.
一滴水从水龙头上滴落。
滴落；滴水声；（静脉）滴注器；点滴；滴水线；滴水槽；液滴；滴落或让液体滴落的动作；滴水。
A single drop of liquid.
液滴
A drop of a liquid.
滴落或让液体滴落的动作；滴水。
A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
缓慢释放液体的装置,尤其是静脉注射药物的装置
An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
檐口、窗台或其他水平构件中突出的部分,设计用于排水。
That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
I heard a constant drip from the kitchen faucet.
我听到厨房水龙头一直在滴水。
用法提示：滴水的声响
There was a drip of paint on the floor.
地板上有滴油漆。
用法提示：一滴油漆
The patient received medicine through an intravenous drip.
病人通过静脉滴注接受药物治疗。
用法提示：静脉滴注
指液体的一小滴，常用于具体液体。
A drip of water fell from the tap.
一滴水从水龙头上滴落。
指持续滴落的声音或动作，后接of说明滴落的来源或对象。
The drip of the rain on the window was soothing.
雨点打在窗户上的滴答声令人安心。
英式英语，指通过静脉滴注接受药物或液体。
He is on a drip because he can't eat.
他因为不能进食而正在打点滴。
最通用的同义词，可指任何液体滴，但drip更强调滴落的状态或声音。
更强调圆形的小滴，常用于汗珠、露珠等，比drip更具体形状。
指缓慢流动的细流，而非单个水滴；drip专指滴落，trickle强调流动。
grammar · medium
易错句子The nurse put him on drip after the operation.
正确表达The nurse put him on a drip after the operation.
drip 表示“静脉滴注器、点滴装置”时是可数名词，泛指的单数可数名词前必须加不定冠词，固定说法是 be on a drip。汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three drip of water on the window.
正确表达There were three drips of water on the window.
drip 表示“（一）滴液体”时是可数名词，前面有数词 three 时必须用复数形式 drips。汉语名词不随数词改变形式，因此容易漏掉词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has been in a drip since yesterday.
正确表达He has been on a drip since yesterday.
表示“靠打点滴、在接受静脉滴注”时，英语用介词 on，即 be on a drip；in 表示处于某个容器内部，不能用于这一固定表达。汉语“在打点滴”的“在”容易被直译成 in。
drop 泛指一滴液体，是最常用的中性说法；drip 作名词虽也可指一滴，但更常强调滴落动作、滴水声或滴液装置。说“一滴水”通常用 a drop of water，而不是 a drip of water。
droplet 指悬浮或极小的液滴，常见于科学、医学语境；drip 指下落的一滴、滴落过程或滴液装置，不用来泛指微小液滴。
trickle 指连续不断的细流，强调液体在流动；drip 指一滴一滴落下，或滴落声、滴液装置，强调断续的“滴”。
水滴
I heard a constant water drip from the faucet.
我听到水龙头不断滴水。
滴答声
The drip sound kept me awake all night.
滴答声让我整夜睡不着。
一滴水
A drip of water fell from the pipe.
一滴水从管子上滴落。
滴灌
Drip irrigation is an efficient watering method for gardens.
滴灌是一种高效的园林灌溉方法。
滴滤咖啡
I prefer drip coffee over instant coffee.
比起速溶咖啡，我更喜欢滴滤咖啡。
drip + -ing
drip + dry
drip + feed
drip + tray
drip + coffee
drip + irrigation
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.
滴注
The patient was on a drip feed in the hospital.
病人在医院接受滴注营养。