a thin stream or small drop of liquid 细流;小滴 driblets of spittle run from her mouth. 她嘴巴里喷出零零星星的唾沫。 ■a small or insignificant amount 少量的 the prisoners were let out in driblets. 囚犯们三三两两地被放了出去。
语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'small sum of money'): from obsolete drib (see dribble) + -let