drip
verb uk/drɪp/ us/drɪp/ -pp-
[ I or T ]（使）滴下
If a liquid drips, it falls in drops, or you make it fall in drops.
Water dripped down the wall. 水顺着墙滴下来。
She dripped paint on the carpet. 她把油漆滴在了地毯上。
[ I ]滴落;滴水
to produce drops of liquid
Watch out - the candle's dripping. 小心——蜡烛滴油了。
Idiom
be dripping with somethingidiom humorous 穿戴很多的…
to be wearing a lot of something
She was absolutely dripping with gold/jewels. 她满身金饰／浑身珠光宝气。
drip
noun uk/drɪp/ us/drɪp/
(LIQUID)
[ C ]一滴;滴液
a drop of liquid
drips of paint/sweat 几滴油漆／汗珠
[ S ]滴水声;滴下
the sound or action of liquid falling in drops
All I could hear was the drip of the rain from the roof. 我只能听到雨水从房顶滴下来的声音。
[ C ] (US also IV)输液;滴注器
a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this
He was on a drip for three days. 已经给他输液输了三天了。
(PERSON)
[ C ] informal disapproving没有个性的人，乏味的人
a boring person without a strong character
Her husband is such a drip. 她丈夫真是无聊透顶。
Idiom
drip, drip(, drip)idiom mainly UK 形容坏事缓慢发生的过程
used to describe a process in which something bad happens very slowly
the steady drip, drip, drip with which small, independently owned businesses are disappearing 小型个体商店的渐渐消失