drippy

英 ['drɪpɪ] 美['drɪpi]
  • adj. 多雨的;潮湿的;滴落的

词态变化


副词: drippily;名词: drippiness;

英英释意


1. wet with light rain;
"a sad drizzly day"
"a wet drippy day"
2. leaking in drops;
"a drippy faucet"
3. effusively or insincerely emotional;
"a bathetic novel"
"maudlin expressons of sympathy"
"mushy effusiveness"
"a schmaltzy song"
"sentimental soap operas"
"slushy poetry"

英文词源


drippy (adj.)
1817, from drip + -y (2). Meaning "sloppily sentimental" is 1944, from the slang sense.

实用场景例句


These men look a bit drippy.
这些人看上去有点笨。

柯林斯例句