| 单词 | drop by drop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrop by drop d. Adverbial phrase drop by drop [by prep. 25c] : in successive drops; slowly and gradually. Also attributive or as n., and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal > drop by drop drop by drop1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 132 And shed my deere bloud, drop by drop in the dust. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. v. 91 They would melt mee out of my fat drop by drop . View more context for this quotation 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lvii. 83 As drop by drop the water falls. View more context for this quotation 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 51 Life's loss drop by drop distilled. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Fantasia of Unconscious xi. 198 The agonies and ecstasies of fear and doubt and drop-by-drop fulfillment. 1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 20 The drop-by-drop Of games like darts or chess. 1959 Times 16 Sept. 11/6 The steady drop-by-drop expenditure on small items. < as lemmas |
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