1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词:drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. drip-drop 滴水声
drip 滴落
来自PIE*dhreu, 滴,词源同drop.
drip
drip: see drop
drip (n.)
mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919).
drip (v.)
c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cognates: Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.
1. He is on a saline drip.
他正在输盐水.
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2. The faucet has developed a drip.
那个水龙头已经开始滴水了.
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3. Everything he said drip ped acid.
他的话里字字句句都带着刺.
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4. I hate this sort of drip.
我讨厌这种无聊的闲话.
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5. I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.
1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词:drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. drip-drop 滴水声
中文词源
drip 滴落
来自PIE*dhreu, 滴,词源同drop.
英文词源
drip
drip: see drop
drip (n.)
mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919).
drip (v.)
c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cognates: Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.
双语例句
1. He is on a saline drip.
他正在输盐水.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The faucet has developed a drip.
那个水龙头已经开始滴水了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Everything he said drip ped acid.
他的话里字字句句都带着刺.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. I hate this sort of drip.
我讨厌这种无聊的闲话.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.