➡ See also the entry for flowverb另見flow動詞詞條trickle ♦︎ drip ♦︎ dribbleThese words are all used when a small amount of a liquid flows or falls in a thin stream or small drops.這些詞均表示液體小股流淌、滴落。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to trickle / drip / dribble down / from sth◆to trickle / drip into sth◆tears trickle / drip◆sweat / rain trickles / drips◆blood trickles / drips / dribbles◆to trickle / drip / dribble slowly■trickle [intransitive, transitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常與副詞或介詞連用) (of liquid) to flow slowly in a thin stream; to make sth flow in this way(液體)滴,淌;使(液體)小股流淌◆Rainwater trickled through the cracks in the boards.雨水順着板上的裂縫滲漏下來。◆Trickle some oil over the salad.往沙拉上滴些許油。▸trickle
noun
[countable] ◆There was a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.他的嘴角有一道血。■drip(-pp-) [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常與副詞或介詞連用) (of a liquid) to fall in small drops(液體)滴下◆She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes.她很熱,汗水滴入雙眼。◆Water dripped from the tap.水從龍頭上滴落下來。 see also drop ⇨ drop■dribble [intransitive] (always used with an adverb or preposition總是與副詞或介詞連用) (of a liquid) to fall down the side of sth in small drops or in a thin stream(液體從某物邊上)一點一滴地落下,成細線狀流下◆Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.熔化了的蠟一滴滴沿蠟燭邊流下。NOTE辨析 Trickle, drip or dribble?Something that trickles is flowing continuously, although in a very thin stream; sth that drips is not flowing continuously, but falling in drops; sth that dribbles may be in a very thin stream or in drops. Liquid can drip down the side or over the edge of sth, or just through the air; liquid can only dribble down the side or over the edge of sth, not through the air. * trickle指連續不斷地細細流淌;drip指一點一滴地滴落,未能連成連續的水流;dribble可以是細流也可以是滴落。drip指液體沿着或漫過物體的邊緣,或從空中滴落。dribble僅指液體沿着或漫過物體的邊緣流下,不指從空中滴落◆Water dribbled from the tap.