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单词 drip-feed
释义

drip-feed

[ drip-feed ]
/ ˈdrɪpˌfid /

noun

intravenous feeding.

Origin of drip-feed

1905–10, for earlier sense

Words nearby drip-feed

Drinkwater, drip, drip cap, drip coffee, drip-dry, drip-feed, drip grind, drip irrigation, dripless, drippage, drip painting
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British Dictionary definitions for drip-feed

drip-feed

noun

another name for drip (def. 6)

verb drip feed (tr)

to administer a solution (to someone) by means of a drip-feed
to supply information constantly but in small amounts
informal to fund (a new company) in stages rather than by injecting a large sum at its inception

noun

a constant supply of small amounts of information
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for drip-feed

drip feed

n.

Administration of blood, plasma, saline, or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, a drop at a time.
The device or tubes by which such a substance is administered.
The substance administered in this manner.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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