| 单词 | dribble |
| 释义 | drib·ble I. intransitive verb 1. a. < to prevent dribbling of fuel from an injection nozzle > < uncontrollable dribbling of urine > b. < the dribbling sands of an hourglass > < allowing the seeds to dribble along the ground > < letting smoke dribble through his chiseled nostrils — John Galsworthy > 2. < picnickers, dribbling in anticipation of the barbecue > 3. < replies to the questionnaire are dribbling in > < words, like ideas, were dribbling back into her mind — Ellen Glasgow > < he saw the people dribbling out by twos and threes — Mary Austin > < the piano and the singing dribbled away — Berton Rouechè > 4. a. b. < the guard dribbled down the sideline > transitive verb 1. < the chief dribbled wine on the ground > < dribble in the cereal and boil > < the young couple dribble rice from their clothes > 2. a. < dribbled out funds in small grants-in-aid to individual scientists — J.P.Baxter > < a very famous informer dribbled out his revelations over a period of ten years — John Steinbeck > b. < why had they dribbled away (yes, and sold out) their gifts for such trifling gains — Samuel Yellen > < as they dribble away their days in futility, hoping vainly for a miracle — Time > c. < dribble his paint instead of using brushes — R.M.Coates > 3. II. 1. a. archaic < burghers husbanded their dribbles of brandy — Sir Walter Scott > b. < a brown dribble at the corner of his mouth > 2. a. (1) (2) < need we call a plumber for these few dribbles > b. < on the roads a monotonous dribble of gray army lorries, jeeps, motorcycles — Earle Birney > < the export of private capital is a dribble, not a flow — R.R.Nathan > 3. a. < they come in dribbles from Shanghai — Han Suyin > < news material issued in dribbles > b. < until I can begin to send you a dribble now and then — Booth Tarkington > 4. 5. |
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