drip

goutter

Pour un liquide, tomber en petites gouttes successives.

En anglais simple : If liquid does this, it falls in small drops, one after another.

• Water dripped onto my hand.
• Sweat was dripping down his face.
• Blood began to drip from the cut.

Comment l'utiliser : drip from something (Water dripped from the wet leaves.); drip onto something (Wax dripped onto the table.)

Synonymes : trickle

Expressions courantes : drip from something, drip onto something, drip down something

goutter, fuir

Pour un objet, laisser échapper lentement du liquide sous forme de gouttes.

En anglais simple : If an object does this, liquid slowly escapes from it in drops.

• The tap is dripping.
• Our roof dripped during the storm.
• Does this pipe still drip?

Synonymes : leak

Expressions courantes : begin to drip, continue to drip, drip all night

verser goutte à goutte

Faire tomber un liquide en petites gouttes.

En anglais simple : To make a liquid fall in small drops.

• Drip some sauce onto the plate.
• She dripped medicine into his eye.
• Don't drip paint on the carpet.

Comment l'utiliser : drip something onto/into something (Drip a little oil onto the bread.)

Synonymes : drop, dribble

Expressions courantes : drip oil onto something, drip wax onto something, drip something into something

goutte

Petite quantité de liquide formant une petite boule.

En anglais simple : A small drop of liquid.

• A drip of water landed on my nose.
• Drips fell from the ceiling.
• The bucket filled drip by drip.

Synonymes : drop

Expressions courantes : a drip of water, drip by drip, a steady drip

perfusion

Dispositif qui fait passer lentement du liquide ou un médicament dans le sang par un petit tube.

En anglais simple : Equipment that slowly puts liquid or medicine into your blood through a small tube.

• He is on a drip.
• The nurse checked the drip beside my bed.
• They removed her drip this morning.

Comment l'utiliser : put someone on a drip (The doctor put her on a drip to replace lost fluids.)

Synonymes : IV, intravenous drip

Expressions courantes : on a drip, a saline drip, an intravenous drip

raseur, mollasson

Terme méprisant pour une personne jugée ennuyeuse, molle ou peu sûre d’elle.

En anglais simple : A person you think is boring, weak, or lacking confidence.

• Her boyfriend is such a drip.
• Don't be a drip; join the dancing.
• She thought the other guests were drips.

Synonymes : bore, wet blanket

Expressions courantes : such a drip, a complete drip, a boring drip

larmier

Rebord d’un bâtiment qui éloigne l’eau de pluie du mur situé en dessous.

En anglais simple : An edge on a building that directs rainwater away from the wall below.

• The sill has a drip underneath.
• The stone drip keeps rain off the wall.
• Damaged drips allowed water to stain the masonry.

Synonymes : drip edge

Expressions courantes : a stone drip, a projecting drip, a cornice drip