a short glass tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a tiny hole at the other, for measuring out drops of medicine or other liquids
滴管。
〈澳/ 新西兰,南非〉 (篱笆的)直板条(尤指用以分隔铁丝网之铁丝的板条)。
【渔】 (钓鱼线或接钩绳上的)辅助线(或线圈)。
" mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who lets something drop’); sense 1 is first recorded in the late 19th cent."