dandle

vt. 抱着逗弄, 宠, 娇养

发音

US /ˈdændəl/
其它
UK /ˈdændəl/
US /ˈdændəɫ/
UK /ˈdændəɫ/

词形变化

dandles 复数 dandled dandles 三单 dandles dandling dandling 现在分词 dandled 过去式 dandled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A teeter-totter; a seesaw.

v.
  1. 1.

    To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.

    及物

    You will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.

  2. 2.

    To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To play with; to wheedle.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

move caress fondle displace

相关短语

dandle board [网络] 丹德板 dandle boards

词源

Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”).

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