单词 | driblet |
释义 | driblet (once / 30306 pages) n WORD FAMILY driblet: driblets USAGE EXAMPLESAdd a few driblets of the scalded milk and cream to the egg yolks, whisking vigorously to prevent the yolks from curdling. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2014) “A Mandarin tutor came weekly to Whackadoodles to teach us driblets of vocabulary and once in a while a song,” Ari says. New York Times(Jul 11, 2014) She did this about a dozen times, watching the saliva dribble down the pane and speculating with herself which driblet would make the longest journey. MacKenzie, Compton, The Early Life and Adventures of Sy...(2012) n a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling Syn|Hypo|Hyper drib, drop tear, teardrop a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands raindropa drop of rain dropleta tiny drop eye-drop, eyedropa drop from an eye dropper small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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