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- [一滴] **drop【C】 しずく, (しずくの)1滴∥ empty the glass to the last drop グラスを最後の1滴まで飲み干す / drop by drop 1滴ずつ / a drop of perspiration 1滴の汗 / (only) a drop in the bucket [ocean] 〔聖〕大海の1滴, 焼け石に水.一滴
a drop* * *いってき【一滴】**drop〖C〗 しずく, (しずくの)1滴empty the glass to the last drop グラスを最後の1滴まで飲み干す
drop by drop 1滴ずつ
a drop of perspiration 1滴の汗
(only) a drop in the bucket [ocean] 〔聖〕大海の1滴, 焼け石に水.
* * *Iいってき【一滴】a drop 《of water, etc.》; 〔小滴〕 a droplet.●大海の一滴 a drop in the ocean [bucket]. [⇒たいかい2]
●この地下水の一滴一滴が何千年もかけて鍾乳石の形を作ってきた. This seepage of the groundwater, drop by drop, has deposited in the form of stalactites over a period of thousands of years.
●一滴の涙もこぼしたことのない無情な男 a heartless fellow who never shed a tear for anyone
・砂漠の旅では一滴の水も無駄にできない. On a desert journey, there is never a drop of water to waste.
●近ごろ酒は一滴もやりません. I have not touched a drop of alcohol recently.
・あの人は酒は一滴もやりません. He doesn't touch alcohol. | He is a teetotal(l)er.
・その革命では血は一滴も流れなかった. Not a drop of blood was shed in the revolution. | It was a bloodless revolution.
・彼女はその栄養ドリンクを一滴も残さず飲み干した. She drank her vitamin tonic down to the last drop.
●急須のお茶は最後の一滴まで注ぎきること. Green tea in a teapot must be poured out to the last drop.
II・この目薬を 1 日に 3 回一滴ずつさしてください. Put one drop of this medicine (in each eye), three times a day.
いってき【一擲】a throw; a toss.~する throw [sweep] away; cast off; abandon 《old ways, etc.》.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.