drip

Compared meaning: a small amount of liquid falling slowly (noun).

比较义项：水滴/细流（名词，液体缓慢滴落或流出）。

• drip 本词

  A single small drop falling, often repeated one at a time and heard as separate sounds, as from a leaking tap; implies an intermittent, drop-by-drop motion rather than a continuous stream.

  指一次落下的一滴小水珠，常常一滴接一滴地重复出现，能听到分开的滴答声，比如漏水的水龙头；强调间断的、一滴一滴的动作，而不是连续的水流。

  There's a drip from the ceiling every few seconds, landing in the bucket.

  天花板每隔几秒钟滴一滴水，落进桶里。

• trickle

  A thin, slow, continuous flow of liquid rather than separate drops; typically used for liquid running down or along a surface steadily over a period of time.

  指液体细而慢、持续不断地流动，而不是一滴一滴分开落下；通常用于液体沿着表面缓慢、持续地流淌一段时间的情形。

  A thin trickle ran down the wall from the crack above the window.

  一股细流顺着窗户上方的裂缝慢慢流下墙面。

Drip and trickle both mean a small amount of liquid coming out slowly. A drip is one drop falling, like water from a leaking tap. A trickle is a thin, continuous flow, not separate drops. Only the noun sense counts, not the verb.

这两个词都指液体缓慢渗出的少量水，容易混淆；drip 强调一滴一滴、间断地滴落，trickle 强调液体连成一线、持续缓慢地流动。这里只比较两词作名词表示“水滴/细流”的义项，不涉及两词作动词使用的用法。