| 单词 | dribs and drabs |
| 释义 | dribs and drabsplural nounsmall and usually irregular amounts: He repaid the loan in dribs and drabs. Words nearby dribs and drabsDreyfusard, DRG, drib, dribble, driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle, dried-up, driegh Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dribs and drabsdribs and drabs / (drɪbz) / pl nsmall sporadic amounts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dribs and drabsdribs and drabs Bits and pieces, negligible amounts, as in There's not much left, just some dribs and drabs of samples. The noun drib is thought to be a shortening of driblet, for “drop” or “tiny quantity,” dating from the early 1700s, whereas drab meaning “a small sum of money” dates from the early 1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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