一鳞半爪 meaning in English
odds and ends; dribs and drabs; fragments; here a little, there a little; just a few known details of a larger whole; odd bits
Examples
- Then madge remembered something .
马奇终于回忆起一鳞半爪来了。 - One is forced to react to scraps of information in very limited span of time .
有时要被迫在极短的时间内对一鳞半爪的情报做出反应。 - They rely on mass media for information for their blogs
而他们仅依靠博客里的一鳞半爪来写文章。 - My knowledge of science is patchy
我的科学知识只是一鳞半爪。 - I can recall some sensations felt in that interval ; but few thoughts framed , and no actions performed
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。