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A dropper is a short tube, usually glass or plastic, with a soft rubber bulb at one end. You squeeze the bulb, put the open end in liquid, then let go so the liquid is sucked up; squeeze again and it comes out one drop at a time. People use it for medicine (especially for the eyes), in science class, and whenever they need a tiny, measured amount. “Eyedropper” is the same tool, named for the eyes. The word names the tool here, not a person. It is ordinary home-and-clinic English.
滴管
組成From drop + -er. The -er here names a tool that lets liquid out in drops, not a person who drops things.
同家族的字
- dropthe tool measures liquid by drops
- eyedropperthe same tool, named for putting drops in the eye
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
droppernoun/ˈdɹɒp.ə/
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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[…]
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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.
- The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA software component designed to install malware on a target system.
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fishinghobbieslifestyleA fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
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businessminingA branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
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A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
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A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
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slangA person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- 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.
- […] 'dropper' — the person who presents the cheque at the bank or elsewhere — who takes the risk. […] On the other hand, 'kite droppers' usually work in teams.
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informalhobbieslifestylesportsA drop shot.
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historicalball-gamescricketgamesA delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
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historicalball-gamescricketgamesA bowler who makes such deliveries.
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A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。