dripping
dripping — noun
1. the rendered fat that collects in the roasting tray as meat cooks, often poured
the rendered fat that collects in the roasting tray as meat cooks, often poured over the meat or used to make gravy
Lucía saved the dripping from the roast chicken to make a rich gravy for the potatoes.
save the dripping from [meat]
Spread a spoonful of dripping on the bread before adding the roast beef — it gives the sandwich a wonderful flavour.
Adina poured the dripping from the roasting pan into a jar and stored it in the fridge for later cooking.
The Sunday roast tasted especially good because Tariq had basted the meat in its own dripping.
After frying the bacon, Nikhil tipped the hot dripping into a bowl and set it aside.
- rendered fat
more technical; used in recipes and food science contexts
- grease
broader term — can refer to any fat from cooking, not necessarily meat juices
- schmaltz
specifically rendered chicken or goose fat, from Yiddish cuisine
用法筆記
Uncountable — 'dripping' refers to the rendered fat as a substance, not individual drops. It is most commonly associated with roasting meat (especially beef, chicken, or pork) in British and Irish cooking.
常見錯誤
dripping — adjective
- drippingpositive
- more drippingcomparative
- most drippingsuperlative
1. extremely wet, so much so that liquid is falling from the surface or material —
extremely wet, so much so that liquid is falling from the surface or material — used especially when talking about rain, sweat, or soaked clothing
Ryan came home dripping wet after his umbrella broke in the storm.
dripping wet (common collocation)
The children's clothes were still dripping when they ran inside from the garden sprinklers.
Anjali's hair was dripping with rain when she stepped through the front door.
Nikhil wrung out his socks, which were still dripping, and hung them over the radiator.
After running five kilometres, Ziad's T-shirt was absolutely dripping.
文法句型
be + dripping wet
be + dripping with [liquid]
用法筆記
Commonly followed by 'wet' (dripping wet) or by 'with' + a liquid noun (dripping with rain / sweat). Unlike the verb 'drip', the adjective is not used attributively before a noun — use a relative clause instead (socks that are still dripping).