Word · Frequency #21477

drool

/druːl/

noun

口水；涎

Saliva trickling from the mouth.

1.
Saliva trickling from the mouth.
从嘴里流出的唾液

从嘴里流出的唾液；口水；胡说

In use

The baby had drool running down his chin.

婴儿的口水流到了下巴上。

She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth.

她擦掉了嘴角的口水。

The dog's drool left a wet spot on the floor.

狗的口水在地板上留下了一块湿迹。

Connections

Collocations

wipe the drool from one's chin: 擦去下巴上的口水; She wiped the drool from her chin with a napkin.她用纸巾擦去了下巴上的口水。
a trickle of drool: 一缕口水; A trickle of drool ran down the baby's chin.一缕口水顺着婴儿的下巴流下来。
a pool of drool: 一滩口水; He woke up in a pool of drool.他醒时躺在一滩口水里。
drool runs down: 口水流下; When he sleeps, drool runs down the corner of his mouth.他睡觉时，口水从嘴角流下来。
drool on one's pillow: 枕头上的口水; The dog left drool on my pillow.狗在我枕头上留下了口水。

Idioms & figurative uses

Learner notes

Memory Tip

狗狗闻到美食时嘴角流下的口水，想象“嘟噜”一声滴落，拼写 drool 里 oo 像一串口水。

Context & Register

语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、daily life 作名词表示“口水”时多用于非正式口语，通常出现在谈论婴儿或宠物流口水的日常场景；正式书面语中较少使用。

Grammar Note

作名词时通常不可数，但有时可数。

Pronunciation & Spelling

All listed words rhyme with drool in the stressed vowel and final /l/: /uːl/. Cool, fool, pool, tool, and school share the spelling chunk 'ool'; rule rhymes but is spelled 'ule'. Beware lookalikes droll /droʊl/ and drill /drɪl/, which do not rhyme.

Learn the forms together

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