dibble
n. 挖洞器 v. 挖洞, 使用挖洞器播种
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释义与例句
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1.
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
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A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
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Preceded by the: the police.
俚语 不可数 可数Watch out, lads! Here comes the dibble!
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To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
及物It was Digory who had the bright idea of eating four each and planting the ninth; for, as he said, "if the bar off the lamp-post turned into a little light-tree, why shouldn’t this turn into a toffee-tree?" So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.
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To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.
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To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
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词源
Possibly dib (“to dab lightly”) + -le (frequentative suffix indicating repetition or continuousness); however, the word dibble is attested earlier than dib.
来源：wiktionary