| 单词 | dribs and drabs |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(in or by) dribs and drabs b. (in or by) dribs and drabs, (in) small and intermittent sums or amounts. Cf. drab n.1 4. colloquial and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal by piecemealc1325 piece by piecea1500 piece and piecea1522 by lumps1576 in piecemeal1693 in piecemeals1715 (in or by) dribs and drabs1809 1809 E. Weeton Let. 17 Mar. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 158 Whether it be better to have a little [news] and often, or a great deal and seldom, I leave to your better judgment to determine... You may have it in dribs and drabs if you like it better. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 190/1 None of us save money; it goes either in a lump, if we get a lump, or in dribs and drabs. 1888 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/5 It [the payment] was received in dribs and drabs. 1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton vii. 205 They on'y let he hev' it by dribs an' draabs. 1948 ‘H. Green’ Concluding 123 They entered by dribs and drabs, lazily, slack. 1959 News Chron. 5 Oct. 3/3 I've still only got dribs and drabs of information. 1985 L. Hudson Night Life vii. 77 We see an established poet lapsing for a period of a decade into depression, his work coming only in dribs and drabs. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。