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一件一件,一片一片一片的,逐渐的断片

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS.
   m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See {Meal} a portion.]
   1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. ``On which it piecemeal
      brake.'' --Chapman.

            The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.  --Tennyson.

   2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.

            Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
                                                  --Pope.

Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, a.
   Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. ``These
   piecemeal guilts.'' --Gov. of Tongue.

Piecemeal \Piece"meal`\, n.
   A fragment; a scrap. --R. Vaughan.

资料来源 : WordNet®

piecemeal
     adj : one thing at a time [syn: {bit-by-bit}, {in small stages}, {step-by-step},
            {stepwise}]
     adv : a little bit at a time; "the research structure has
           developed piecemeal" [syn: {little by little}, {bit by
           bit}, {in stages}]