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scribble

/skrib-uhl/US // ˈskrɪb əl //UK // (ˈskrɪbəl) //

涂鸦,涂抹,乱写乱画,乱涂乱画

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v.有主动词 verb
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    scrib·bled, scrib·bling.

    • : to write hastily or carelessly: to scribble a letter.
    • : to cover with meaningless writing or marks: to scribble all over a page.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scrib·bled, scrib·bling.

    • : to write or draw in a hasty or careless way.
    • : to make meaningless marks, scrolls, lines, etc., with a pencil, pen, or the like.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a note or other writing that has little or no meaning.
    • : a hasty or careless drawing or piece of writing.
    • : handwriting, especially when illegible.

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Examples

  • Alles could hardly get his answer out before Porter scribbled more math on the board.

  • She turns to the board on her left to scribble some numbers.

  • Whether scribbling your first multiplication facts or shading intricate works of art, it is important to consider the type and variety of pencils available in the marketplace.

  • Coupled with the new iPadOS 14 and the Apple Pencil, people can do tasks like scribble notes on their iPad.

  • While my jobs have all been all-consuming, whenever I had spare moments I would scribble down ideas, noodle over business plans, even conduct small pilots and experiments.

  • I scribble the numbers on the paper, and then I look up with a start.

  • It is much easier to just scribble out a prescription without thinking, but doing so is lazy and poor patient care.

  • Atop each page of his notebook McCartney would scribble ANOTHER LENNON-MCCARTNEY ORIGINAL.

  • Journalists will still scribble down the things they say, but most Americans have by now tuned all that toxicity out.

  • Then I scribble down a paragraph here, a paragraph there, when a notion strikes.

  • This habit of scribble may persist after a child attempts a linear description of the parts of an object.

  • Porky pulled out his check-book and begun to scribble with one of them squirt-gun pens.

  • Peter hurried away, pausing for a moment in the promenade to scribble a line or two at the back of one of his own cards.

  • After lunch felt so sick of scribble, scribble, scribble whilst adventure sat seductive upon my doorstep that I fluttered forth.

  • Then he took out a notebook and his famous fountain pen, and began to scribble.