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scribbling

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

乱写乱画,乱涂乱画,涂鸦,潦草

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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
  1. 1
    • : 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

  • That volume — coffee- and beer-stained, dog-eared and scribbled in over the years — was eventually lost somewhere in Amsterdam.

  • Tucked away among the book’s many treasures is a photo of the original lyrics to Parton’s hit “Coat of Many Colors,” about a child who is mocked for wearing a coat of rags to school, scribbled on one of Wagoner’s dry-cleaning receipts.

  • It draws from the “world’s largest doodling data set,” which includes more than 50 million drawings used to teach algorithms how to recognize crudely scribbled objects.

  • So that I got to speak with Stamaty himself, the son of cartoonist parents, at Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street, a setting he scribbled any number of times, and right around the time I started scripting my first cartoon book was heavenly.

  • He says he enjoys lectures, PowerPoint presentations, a professor scribbling on a whiteboard.

  • So, I had a pen and a pencil and started scribbling and drawing, and I felt good about it.

  • He becomes angry, intransigent, furiously scribbling notes; Chaz meets determination with determination.

  • Scribbling notes in the classroom next door is Justine, a shy 17-year-old orphan who is the only female in her class.

  • A couple of ladies, standing on tiptoe, are scribbling over it with eyeliner and lipstick.

  • I caught his eye and made a motion with my hand, as if I were scribbling out the bill for our lunch.

  • A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.

  • The "spirit writing" consists of unmeaning, unintelligible scribbling scrawls, and very rarely containing any letters or words.

  • And, scribbling a hasty memorandum, he pressed the electric button upon the arm of his chair.

  • Williams was at a desk, the florist box lying in front of him, scribbling on a deposit slip.

  • Can't I turn the honest penny, scribbling for the weekly press, And in writing Sunday libels drown my private wretchedness?