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dabble

英 [ˈdæbl]

美 [ˈdæbl]

v.  涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水

现在分词:dabbling 过去式:dabbled 过去分词:dabbled 第三人称单数:dabbles 

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14552 / COCA.14779

牛津词典

    verb

    • 涉猎;涉足;浅尝
      to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously
      1. He dabbles in local politics.
        他开始涉足地方政坛。
    • 玩水;嬉水
      to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water
      1. She dabbled her toes in the stream.
        她把脚趾浸在小河里嬉水。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB . 涉猎;浅尝
      If youdabble insomething, you take part in it but not very seriously
      1. He dabbled in business...
        他搞过一点生意。
      2. She dabbled with drugs...
        她沾过毒品。
      3. Magicians do not dabble, they work hard.
        魔术师可不是随便玩两下的,他们下了苦功钻研。

    英英释义

    verb

    • bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
      1. dabbling ducks
    • dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
      1. work with in an amateurish manner
        1. She dabbles in astronomy
        2. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
        Synonym:smatterplay around
      2. play in or as if in water, as of small children
          Synonym:paddlesplash around

        双语例句

        • He is a talented musician but is content to just dabble.
          他很有音乐天赋,但满足于浅尝。
        • This is not the first time the fast food chain has decided to dabble in the fragrance market.
          这已经不是快餐连锁店第一次决定涉足香水市场了。
        • They also tend to dabble in magic a bit.
          他们也倾向于在魔术里溅水一点。
        • There were various pursuits in which he had dabble from time& the violin was his latest.
          他一个时候有一种爱好,都是浅尝辄止,最近他又爱上了小提琴。
        • But the truth is that our reluctance even to dabble in annuities is almost certainly irrational.
          但事实上,几乎可以肯定,我们甚至不愿涉足年金的做法并不理性。
        • They dabble in right-wing politics.
          他们浅尝涉足于右翼政治。
        • The college students are encouraged to dabble in everything useful despite their respective specialties.
          大学生尽管各有各的专业,但仍需广泛涉猎一切有用的知识。
        • They dabble with the Wyrm too much.
          他们被妖蛆窜改的太多了。
        • He well-reads, dabble 100 divisions, made graven contribution to abounding scientific thesaurus of the mankind.
          他博览群书,涉猎百科,对丰富人类的科学知识宝库做出了不可磨灭的贡献。
        • Lenovo is not the first Chinese enterprise to dabble in F1 racing.
          联想并非第一家中国企业涉足一级方程式锦标赛的企业。