dropper

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɹɒp.ə/    美 /ˈdɹɔp.ə/|/ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
    — 'Cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck[…]
  2. One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
    — The dropper left the suitcase with the bomb next to the garbage can.
  3. A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
  4. A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  5. A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  6. The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
  7. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
  8. A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart. Australia
  9. A person who uses fraudulent cheques. slang
    — Thus an American police chief discussing the 'cheque-droppers', then peculiar to his side of the Atlantic, who were taking a toll estimated at […] Over the years, forgery has tended to be an amateur operation — a crime of opportunity.
  10. A drop shot. informal
  11. A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal). historical
  12. A bowler who makes such deliveries. historical
  13. A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.

词形变化

droppers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dime dropper dime-dropper dropperful eardropper eyedropper jaw-dropper marmalade dropper microdropper namedropper name dropper name-dropper panty dropper pigeon dropper pink panty dropper yod-dropper

词源

Etymology tree
English drop
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English dropper
From drop + -er.
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