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
• 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
• play in or as if in water, as of small children
  Synonym:paddlesplash around

双语例句

• After a brief dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business.
  涉足政坛一小段时间后，他返回了商界。
• He dabbled in business
  他搞过一点生意。
• They dabble with the Wyrm too much.
  他们被妖蛆窜改的太多了。
• Don't dabble, set your sights on one goal and achieve it with overwhelming force.
  别什么都去浅尝一下，眼睛放在一个目标上，然后尽全力去达到目标！
• Never dabble with things of which you have no knowledge.
  绝不要插手你不了解的事物。
• A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
  一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
• Besides acting, he also did dabble singing.
  除了表演，他也小小涉足了歌坛。
• 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。
• With the comparative free time, I started to dabble in development.
  由于时间相对自由，所以我开始尝试开发。
• It's about trying to find answers and trying to dabble with the concept of time.
  它是试图找到答案，并尝试涉足这一概念的时间。