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dabbler

/dab-uhl/US // ˈdæb əl //UK // (ˈdæbəl) //

涉猎者,涉足者,涉世未深的人,涉世未深者

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dab·bled, dab·bling.

    • : to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
    • : to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner: to dabble in literature.
    • : to feed on shallow-water vegetation with rapid, splashing movements of the bill.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dab·bled, dab·bling.

    • : to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash; spatter.
    • : Chiefly South Midland U.S. to wash or rinse off lightly.

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Examples

  • He avoids red meat, seldom snacks and has dabbled in fasting, which has been shown in animal models to boost memory.

  • A former football player at Virginia’s Liberty University, the conservative evangelical institution, Council appears to have dabbled in politics, as well.

  • Hedge funds and wealthy individuals have dabbled in them for years in an effort to beat the market.

  • Walgreens is dabbling with numerous partnerships to add items like groceries and mobile phones to its stores.

  • Soto, listed above in left field, dabbled in right this past September.

  • In Dornan's telling, Clinton was a "self-indulgent hedonist and phony," a dabbler in drugs, a letch.

  • Unfortunate Dabbler, now upon his mettle, declared that "should he ever want satisfaction, his solicitor should get it for him."

  • Now Dabbler was a widower; he was not of prepossessing appearance, and his h's troubled him, but Dabbler was a warm man.

  • "To dance implies that a man is glad," and Dabbler was a cheerful-minded fellow enough, but no lady danced with him a second time.

  • But he did not give in without a struggle, and he fought loyally for the absent Dabbler, but the girls were inexorable.

  • Joe hated Raymond Copley with all the contempt that an old sportsman has for an ignorant dabbler in the great game.