英语词组dribs and drabs是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

dribs and drabs

Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL

in small irregular quantities. (Especially with in and by.)

The checks for the charity are coming in dribs and drabs.The members of the orchestra arrived by dribs and drabs.All her fortune was spent in dribs and drabs on silly things—like clothes and fine wines.

dribs and drabs

Insignificant, skimpy, and/or piecemeal amounts. A: "Have you been able to get any work lately?" B: "Just some dribs and drabs to keep me ticking along, but nothing substantial."

dribs 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.

dribs and drabs

Small quantities. This phrase, dating from the early nineteenth century, consists of nouns that rarely appear elsewhere. Drib, originating in the early 1700s, probably alludes to “dribble” or “trickle”; drab has meant a petty sum of money since the early 1800s.

词组	dribs and drabs
释义	Idiom dribs and drabs Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL in small irregular quantities. (Especially with in and by.) The checks for the charity are coming in dribs and drabs.The members of the orchestra arrived by dribs and drabs.All her fortune was spent in dribs and drabs on silly things—like clothes and fine wines. dribs and drabs noun pubic lice. Rhyming slang for CRABS UK, 1992 dribs and drabs Insignificant, skimpy, and/or piecemeal amounts. A: "Have you been able to get any work lately?" B: "Just some dribs and drabs to keep me ticking along, but nothing substantial." dribs 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. dribs and drabs Small quantities. This phrase, dating from the early nineteenth century, consists of nouns that rarely appear elsewhere. Drib, originating in the early 1700s, probably alludes to “dribble” or “trickle”; drab has meant a petty sum of money since the early 1800s.
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