(烹饪时从肉类等食物上滴下并积在烤盘里的)肉汁、油滴、滴下的汁液;常用于做肉汁酱(gravy)或调味。(也可泛指“滴落物/滴下的液体”,但最常见是烹饪语境。)
/ˈdrɪpɪŋz/
The recipe says to save the drippings to make gravy.
食谱说要把滴下的肉汁留着用来做肉汁酱。
After roasting the chicken, she poured the drippings into a saucepan, added flour and stock, and whisked until the gravy thickened.
烤完鸡后,她把烤盘里的肉汁倒进锅里,加入面粉和高汤,不停搅拌,直到肉汁酱变稠。
Drippings 来自动词 drip(滴落),加上名词后缀 -ing 形成 dripping(滴下物、滴下的液体),复数 drippings 常专指烹饪中从烤肉等食物上滴下的油脂和肉汁。该词与“液体一滴一滴往下落”的形象密切相关。