“滴流”常见的英文表达是 “drip” 或 “trickle”,具体使用哪个词取决于语境:
Drip:
含义:指液体以小滴的形式缓慢落下或流出,强调一滴一滴的状态。
例句:
The tap is dripping.(水龙头在滴水。)
Water dripped from the leaky roof.(水从漏雨的屋顶滴落下来。)
Trickle:
含义:也指液体以缓慢、细小的流量流动,但更多用于描述液体缓慢地、断断续续地流出或滴落,有时带有一种连续而微弱的感觉。
例句:
Sweat trickled down his forehead.(汗水顺着他的额头流下来。)
The water trickled slowly from the spring.(泉水缓慢地滴落。)