Dabble



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 涉足, 浅赏
• ［英］ v. 涉足, 浅赏 ( to do something superficially, not seriously)
• ［类］ 反义词: dedicate ( 致力) ; devote ( 投身于)
• ［记］ 不要和babble ( 说蠢话) 相混
• ［例］ to dabble in politics

Webster Collegiate

verb (dabbled; dabbling)

• Etymology: perhaps frequentative of ［sup］2［/sup］dab
• Date: 1557
• transitive verb
  • to wet by splashing or by little dips or strokes ; spatter
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to paddle, splash, or play in or as if in water
    • b. to reach with the bill to the bottom of shallow water in order to obtain food
  • 2. to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest <dabbles in art>

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