詞彙精選：drip的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
水滴
例句：
A drip of water fell from the tap.
一滴水從水龍頭滴下。
例句：
Drips of water fell down her neck.
水滴落在她脖子上。
滴水聲，滴答聲
例句：
We heard the drip of a leaky faucet.
我聽到了漏龍頭的滴水聲。
例句：
All night the drip of the tap was driving him mad.
整個晚上，水龍頭的滴水聲使他煩躁得快要發瘋了。
靜脈滴注，點滴
例句：
The patient is put on a drip after her operation.
那個病人動過手術後就打點滴。
例句：
I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.
我得了嚴重的肺炎，在醫院輸了兩天液。
使人厭煩的人
例句：
Merton is a drip.
默頓是個討厭鬼。
例句：
You are a drip.
你是個使人厭煩的人。
v.
（使）滴下，滴出，漏下 [I,T]
例句：
I accidentally dripped paint from the brush.
我不小心讓畫筆滴下顏料。
例句：
The sunlight drips over the house.
陽光從房上漏下。
含有，充滿，充溢；溢出，發出 [I,T]
例句：
Her voice dripped sentimentality.
她的聲音中流露出傷感。
例句：
The music drips from saxophones.
樂聲從薩克斯管中飄散出來。
二、詞義辨析：
leak,drip
這兩個動詞含“滴，漏”之意。leak側重液體或氣體等從容器漏出，或泄漏了消息。drip側重以點滴形式下落，也指漏出或溢出。
三、相關短語：
drip culture
滴液培養
drip feed
點滴注油
drip mold
滴水槽
drip mould
滴水線腳
drip pan
滴料盤，存油盤，承屑盤，酸樣收集器，盛液盤
intravenous drip
靜脈滴注，靜脈滴注
postnasal drip
後鼻滴注
drip loop
【電】 水滴迴路
drip pot
【化】 氣體分液罐
四、參考例句：
The faucet has developed a drip.
那個水龍頭已經開始滴水了。
Each drip cup is hand made.
每個滴壺都是手工製造的。
A bunch of red roses drip their golden scent.
一束紅玫瑰花散發出濃郁的芳香。
We heard the drip of a leaky faucet.
我聽到了漏龍頭的滴水聲。
As water continues to drip, the icicle grows.
隨着水不斷下滴，冰柱的體積也慢慢增大。
All night I heard the drip of water.
我整夜聽到滴滴答答的滴水聲。
A drip of water fell from the tap.
一滴水從水龍頭滴下。
The patient is put on a drip after her operation.
那個病人動過手術後就打點滴。
All night the drip of the tap was driving him mad.
整個晚上，水龍頭的滴水聲使他煩躁得快要發瘋了。
Drip coffee is popular in the home, but Icelanders tend go to coffeehouses for espresso-based drinks.
過濾咖啡在家裏很流行，但是冰島人喜歡去咖啡館喝濃縮咖啡。
