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dribble

/drib-uhl/US // ˈdrɪb əl //UK // (ˈdrɪbəl) //

滴水不漏,淌水,滴水穿石,滴水成河

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v.无主动词 verb
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    drib·bled, drib·bling.

    • : to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
    • : to drivel; slaver.
    • : Sports. to advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes.
v.有主动词 verb
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    drib·bled, drib·bling.

    • : to let fall in drops.
    • : Sports. Basketball.to bounce as in advancing or keeping control of it. to move along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a small trickling stream or a drop.
    • : a small quantity of anything: a dribble of revenue.
    • : Sports. an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
    • : Scot. a drizzle; a light rain.

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Examples

  • Last season, the Hawks were a predictable mash of pick-and-rolls and dribble handoffs.

  • It’s hard to beat a guy off the dribble, in wheelchair basketball, because your hands are up to do a lot and chairs are wide and lateral movement is limited.

  • He shoots it, catch-and-shoot, or off the dribble, like Steph.

  • It’s no surprise that Murray has been the most frequent recipient of dribble handoffs during the playoffs.

  • The two complement each other in several different ways, but nothing is more mutually beneficial than their dribble handoffs.

  • How refreshing it was to see England players swivel and dribble and sell dummies.

  • She reluctantly gulps it down, chokes, and allows little rivers of green juice to dribble from the corner of her mouth.

  • Fuel would dribble to a stop in one before it did in the other.

  • Instead, an ill-advised, uncharacteristic around-the-back dribble led to a steal and a Mario Chalmers three.

  • The Secret Service sex scandal is growing worse by the day, as new details dribble out about the debacle in Colombia.

  • Supplies did slowly dribble in, and sometimes came in encouraging quantities when a store-ship was captured.

  • Peter whirled completely around, to throw off the guard hovering in front of him, and started a dribble.

  • The events recorded are only a grey dribble from a leaky town pump.

  • Still San Francisco waited, though a constant dribble of departures made at last perceptible inroads on its population.

  • In order to dribble stuff smelling sickeningly of carnations on a wasted yard.