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dropper

/drop-er/US // ˈdrɒp ər //UK // (ˈdrɒpə) //

滴管,滴管式,滴管式过滤器,吸管

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that drops.
    • : a glass tube with a hollow rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, for drawing in a liquid and expelling it in drops; medicine dropper.
    • : a short-haired dog that is a cross between a pointer and a setter.

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Examples

  • Using droppers, start adding the paint mixture, color by color, into the container.

  • It’s hard to see the drops come out of the dropper, and using too few could cause a false negative.

  • An easy way to put varnish in the grooves of a tennis racket is to use a medicine dropper.

  • The dropper was to be filled with corn, and, thus accoutred, he was ready for doing duty in the newly ploughed field.

  • “A dibble and a corn-dropper will be more in his way than the rifle, for some weeks to come,” said Mr. Howell.

  • The dropper is held by its handle while its contents are heated before use.

  • A hollowed nose-dropper made of metal in the shape of a small kerosene lamp22 is suggested (fig. 9).