dabble 音标拼音: [d'æbəl]
vi . 玩水,泼溅,涉猎
vt . 溅湿
玩水,泼溅,涉猎溅湿
dabble v 1 :
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid 2 :
play in or as if in water ,
as of small children [
synonym :
{
dabble }, {
paddle }, {
splash around }]
3 :
work with in an amateurish manner ; "
She dabbles in astronomy "; "
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money " [
synonym : {
dabble }, {
smatter }, {
play around }]
4 :
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water ; "
dabbling ducks "
Dabble \
Dab "
ble \,
v .
i .
1 .
To play in water ,
as with the hands ;
to paddle or splash in mud or water .
[
1913 Webster ]
Where the duck dabbles '
mid the rustling sedge .
--
Wordsworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To work in slight or superficial manner ;
to do in a small way ;
to tamper ;
to meddle . "
Dabbling here and there with the text ." --
Atterbury .
[
1913 Webster ]
During the first year at Dumfries ,
Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
[
1913 Webster ]
Dabble \
Dab "
ble \ (
d [
a ^]
b "
b '
l ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dabbled }
(
d [
a ^]
b "
b '
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dabbling } (
d [
a ^]
b "
bl [
i ^]
ng ).]
[
Freq .
of dab :
cf .
OD .
dabbelen .]
To wet by little dips or strokes ;
to spatter ;
to sprinkle ;
to moisten ;
to wet . "
Bright hair dabbled in blood ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dabble ":
asperge ,
be innocent of ,
bedabble ,
bedew ,
beguile the time ,
bespatter ,
besprinkle ,
burn daylight ,
consume time ,
coquet ,
coquet with ,
dally ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dash ,
dew ,
diddle ,
dip ,
doodle ,
douche ,
fiddle ,
fiddle with ,
fiddle -
faddle ,
fidget with ,
finger with ,
flirt ,
fool ,
fool around ,
fool with ,
footle ,
fribble ,
fritter away time ,
frivol ,
give up ,
have no idea ,
horse around ,
hose ,
hose down ,
humect ,
humectate ,
humidify ,
idle ,
irrigate ,
jerk off ,
kid around ,
kill time ,
know a little ,
know not ,
know not what ,
know nothing of ,
loiter ,
lose time ,
mess around ,
moisten ,
monkey ,
monkey around ,
not know ,
not rightly know ,
paddle ,
pass ,
pass the time ,
piddle ,
play ,
play around ,
play with ,
potter ,
putter ,
scratch the surface ,
slobber ,
slop ,
slosh ,
smatter ,
sparge ,
spatter ,
splash ,
splatter ,
splotch ,
sponge ,
spot ,
spray ,
sprinkle ,
swash ,
syringe ,
tinker ,
toy ,
toy with ,
trifle ,
trifle with ,
twiddle ,
waste time ,
water ,
wet ,
wet down ,
wonder ,
wonder whether ,
wot not of
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