dribs and drabs

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A series of negligible amounts. plural,plural-only
    — The tea drinking has done a great deal in bringing this nation into the state [of] misery in which it now is; and the tea drinking, which is carried on by "dribs" and "drabs;" by pence and farthings going out at a time; this miserable practice has been gradually introduced by the growing weight of the taxes on Malt and on Hops, and by the everlasting penury amongst the labourers, occasioned by the paper-money.

词形变化

drips and drabs alternative

词源

From drib (“a drop”) and drab (“a small amount”).
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