a word or two just a few words a few isolated words and phrases a single sentence or words
She had not committed anything to paper about it.
关于这件事她未曾写下只言片语。
—— 柯林斯例句I heard various scraps of conversation over the dinner table.
我在餐桌上听到各种只言片语的对话。
—— 柯林斯例句Just a short line to say thanks.
只言片语聊表谢忱。
—— 辞典例句He had dragged out from the corners of his memory some more fragments of forgotten rhymes.
温斯顿从他记忆的角落,还真给些早忘到脑后的老歌,挖出了只言片语。
—— 给力词典精选Some took up pages; some were nothing more than a few lines.
有些篇幅长达数页, 有的只有短促而又有力的只言片语。
—— 给力词典精选