dripping
dripping — 名詞
1. the rendered fat that collects in the roasting tray as meat cooks, often poured
肉油脂；肉汁
烹調肉類時流出的脂肪與肉汁
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.
Lucía 把烤雞滴下來的油脂留下來，做成濃郁的肉汁淋在馬鈴薯上。
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.
在放上烤牛肉之前，先在麵包上抹一匙肉油脂，能讓三明治增添絕佳的風味。
Adina poured the dripping from the roasting pan into a jar and stored it in the fridge for later cooking.
Adina 把烤盤裡的油脂倒進罐子裡，放進冰箱留待日後烹調使用。
The Sunday roast tasted especially good because Tariq had basted the meat in its own dripping.
週日的烤肉特別美味，因為 Tariq 用肉本身的油脂不斷澆淋。
After frying the bacon, Nikhil tipped the hot dripping into a bowl and set it aside.
Nikhil 煎完培根後，把滾燙的油脂倒進碗裡放在一旁。
- 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 — 形容詞
- drippingpositive
- more drippingcomparative
- most drippingsuperlative
1. extremely wet, so much so that liquid is falling from the surface or material —
濕透的
非常潮濕，不斷滴水的
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.
Ryan 在暴風雨中傘壞了，回到家時全身濕透。
dripping wet (common collocation)
The children's clothes were still dripping when they ran inside from the garden sprinklers.
孩子們從花園灑水器旁跑進屋裡時，衣服還在滴水。
Anjali's hair was dripping with rain when she stepped through the front door.
Anjali 走進前門時，她的頭髮不停滴著雨水。
Nikhil wrung out his socks, which were still dripping, and hung them over the radiator.
Nikhil 擰乾他的襪子——襪子還在滴水——然後掛在暖氣片上。
After running five kilometres, Ziad's T-shirt was absolutely dripping.
Ziad 跑了五公里後，他的 T 恤完全濕透了。
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).