drabs

英

美

(drab 的复数) a. 土褐色的, 单调的
drab的复数

习惯用语

n.

in dribs and drabs
• 少量；一点一滴；零零星星
  in small amounts or numbers over a period of time
• She paid me in dribs and drabs, not all at once.
  她一点一点地付给我钱，而不是一次付清。

双语例句

• Taxes were collected in dribs and drabs.
  税是一点一滴收集起来的。
• People arrived at the party in-dribs and drabs.
  人们三三两两地来到了晚会上。
• Firstly, he finds spiritual ballast by recalling the past dribs and drabs. Secondly, he realizes the identity confirmation by the help of family, friendship, and the sympathy of same kind of people.
  首先，主人公通过回忆过去的点点滴滴来寻找自己的精神寄托。其次，主人公借助亲情、友情、爱情以及同处异国流散状态下的同类人的怜悯之情，来实现身份的确认。
• It remains to be seen whether olive growers will be happy that the color previously associated with their product is now called drab; or whether drabs or the producers of drab will mount a protest.
  橄榄种植者是否会对以前与他们的产品相关联的颜色现在被成为土绿色感到满意，或者斜纹布的生产商是否会提出抗议，还需拭目以待。
• The hostages have been released in dribs and drabs.
  人质被几个几个地释放了。
• Through massif, feet high and low; Experience ups and downs, and also searching; Get busy life, more or less, lose dribs and drabs, important is open happy heart!
  走过山山水水，脚下高高低低；经历风风雨雨，还要寻寻觅觅；生活忙忙碌碌，获得多多少少，失去点点滴滴，重要的是开开心心！
• The guests came in dribs and drabs.
  客人来得哩哩啦啦的。
• The food came in dribs and drabs.
  食物零星地陆续送来。
• Together with her day, dribs and drabs, often record in the heart.
  和她在一起的日子，点点滴滴，常记在心头；
• Sentiment, leisurely, exquisite as gold, temperature, it is as jade leaf in large bodhicitta, notes the eternal dribs and drabs.
  情，悠悠，细腻如金，温宛如玉，它是在硕大的菩提叶上，记下的永恒的点点滴滴。