汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
一鳞半爪 (一鱗半爪)
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
Originally, it meant that the dragon was in the cloud, with a scale on the east and half of its claws on the west, without seeing its full picture / It is a metaphor for fragmentary things
零星 七零八落 片断 零碎 零散 细碎 零落
一览无余 十全十美
龙在天空驾云而行，时而露出一片鳞甲或半只脚爪。比喻所见事物仅为一小部分，并非全貌读者所看到的，只不过是南明社会的一鳞半爪而已。
一 yī 鳞 (鱗) lín 半 bàn 爪 zhǎo/zhuǎ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我的科学知识只是一鳞半爪。

My knowledge of science is patchy.

马奇终于回忆起一鳞半爪来了。

Then madge remembered something.

我必须承认我的科学知识只是一鳞半爪。

I must admit that my knowledge of science is patchy.

我能回忆起那段时间一鳞半爪的感觉，但形不成什么想法，付诸不了行动。

I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actions performed.

但奥巴马先生的出生证上明明写着他生于夏威夷，而且至今没有人能找出一鳞半爪的反证。

Yet Mr Obama's birth certificate says he was born in Hawaii, and there is not a shred of evidence to the contrary.

对于目前世上已投入使用的数以十万计的涡流管的各种使用情况来说，本文内容仅为一鳞半爪，更多内容有待进一步研究。

The content of the paper is only odd bits of information for about 100000 vortex tubes in operation in the world, Evidently, further research will be needed.

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