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    dribs and drabs

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dribs and drabs /ˌdrɪbz ən ˈdræbz/ noun  in dribs and drabs FEW/NOT MANYin small irregular amounts or numbers over a period of time 少量地，零星地 The guests arrived in dribs and drabs. 客人们三三两两地到来。
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    dribs and drabs• Mayne's squadron assembled at Kufra in dribs and drabs by the beginning of October.    Origin dribs and drabs (1800-1900) Drib probably from drib “to fall in small drops”; → DRIBBLE1. Drabs probably from dribs
    dribs and drabs nounChinese
    Corpus or period a numbers of irregular in over amounts small


    dribs and drabs
    dribs and drabs /ˌdrɪbz ən ˈdræbz/ noun
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: Drib probably from drib 'to fall in small drops'; ⇨ dribble1. Drabs probably from dribs
    in dribs and drabs in small irregular amounts or numbers over a period of time:
        The guests arrived in dribs and drabs.