Dribble



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

Drbble

• v. ( 液体) 往下滴, 淌
• ［记］ 可能来自drip ( 滴下) , 注意不要和scribble ( 乱涂乱写) 相混
• ［例］ Our money seems to be dribbling away now that everything costs more.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (dribbled; dribbling)

• Etymology: frequentative of drib to dribble
• Date: circa 1589
• transitive verb
  • 1. to issue sporadically and in small bits
  • 2. to let or cause to fall in drops little by little
  • 3.
    • a. to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick <dribble a basketball><dribble a puck>
    • b. to hit (as a baseball) so as to cause a slow bouncing
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream ; trickle
  • 2. to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth ; drool
  • 3. to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion
  • 4.
    • a. to dribble a ball or puck
    • b. to proceed by dribbling
    • c. of a ball to move with short bounces
• ? dribbler noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1680
• 1. a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity
• 2. a small trickling stream or flow
• 3. an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck
• ? dribbly adjective

---