drip·ping /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/
滴,滴下物,水滴
Drip v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dripped or Dript; p. pr. & vb. n. Dripping.]
1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
Drip·ping, n.
1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.
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drip
n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: trickle,
dribble]
2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: dripping]
3: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed
to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window
or doorway) [syn: drip mold, drip mould]
v 1: fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: dribble, drop]
[also: dripping, dripped]
dripping
adj 1: having liquid falling in drops; "in the dripping fog"; "the
scene where he is singing in the rain in dripping
clothes"; "there was little shelter under the dripping
trees"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood
or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery]
n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves
of house) [syn: drippage]
2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip]
adv : extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking,
sopping]