dabble
vi. 玩水, 拨弄, 涉猎 vt. 溅湿
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释义与例句
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1.
An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
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2.
An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
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3.
A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.
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1.
To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
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2.
To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
玩水
溅湿
及物The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
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3.
To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
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To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
涉足
涉猎
比喻 不及物She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.
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5.
To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.
不及物 废旧
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词源
From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”).
来源：wiktionary