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dandle

/dan-dl/US // ˈdæn dl //UK // (ˈdændəl) //

丹丹,悬空,悬垂,悬崖勒马

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dan·dled, dan·dling.

    • : to move lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
    • : to pet; pamper.

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Examples

  • Nature, and his parents alike, dandle him, and 'tice him on with a bit of sugar to a draught of wormwood.

  • Dismissing his guards, he lets the elder women dandle his children, while the younger admire his robes.

  • I shall dandle a dozen of your young ones before these arms are withered.

  • Nor did an hope to dandle thy infancy moue mee to desire thee.

  • Merely in his character of connoisseur, however, Dandle glanced carelessly after his sister as she crossed the meadow.