in dribs and drabs
固定搭配,表示零零星星、一点一点地,常与 arrive、come、pay 等动词连用。
The letters arrived in dribs and drabs over the summer.
这些信在夏天里零零散散地陆续寄到。
少量(尤指液体)
a small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid
少量(尤指液体)
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); ; ; ; --Kipling
He added just a drib of milk to his coffee.
他只往咖啡里加了一滴牛奶。
用法提示:drib作为名词,表示少量液体。
The recipe calls for a drib of vanilla extract.
食谱要求加少量香草精。
用法提示:drib作为名词,表示微量。
With only a few dribs of water left, the plant wilted.
只剩下少量的水,植物枯萎了。
用法提示:dribs作为复数形式,表示几滴。
固定搭配,表示零零星星、一点一点地,常与 arrive、come、pay 等动词连用。
The letters arrived in dribs and drabs over the summer.
这些信在夏天里零零散散地陆续寄到。
单数可数用法,多指液体剩下的一点点。
There was only a drib of water left in the bottle.
瓶子里只剩下一点点水。
grammar · medium
易错句子There is drib of water left in the glass.
正确表达There is a drib of water left in the glass.
drib 是可数名词,单数形式前必须有冠词或限定词(a/the/this 等)。汉语名词前不需要冠词,学习者容易直接省略,英语中必须补上 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子Water is dribbing from the tap.
正确表达Water is dribbling from the tap.
drib 只能作名词,不能当动词用;表示“滴下、细细流出”的动词是 dribble。学习者受汉语“滴”既可作名词又可作动词的影响,把名词 drib 直接当动词使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She added much dribs of sauce to the dish.
正确表达She added many dribs of sauce to the dish.
drib 是可数名词,其复数 dribs 前要用 many,不能用 much。汉语的“很多”不区分可数与不可数,学习者容易用 much 修饰可数名词复数。
drop 指可数的一滴液体,强调单个液滴,常与 a 连用;drib 指不确定的、零星的少量,多见于 dribs and drabs 等固定说法。
dribble 指连续细小的流或滴落,可作名词也可作动词,强调流动过程;drib 只作名词,只表示零星的少量,不强调流动。
dram 专指一小杯或少量烈酒,带有饮酒或计量语境;drib 不限于酒,泛指任何零星的少量液体。
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