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玩水,泼溅,涉猎溅湿
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dabbling}.] [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.
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i.
1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash
in mud or water.
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.
--Wordsworth.
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.
During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the
ferst time began to dabble in politics. --J. C.
Shairp.
资料来源 : WordNet®
dabble
v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: {paddle},
{splash around}]
3: work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in
astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never
makes any money" [syn: {smatter}, {play around}]