dabbled

英 [ˈdæbld]

美 [ˈdæbld]

v.  涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水
dabble的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB . 涉猎;浅尝
  If youdabble insomething, you take part in it but not very seriously
  1. He dabbled in business...
     他搞过一点生意。
  2. She dabbled with drugs...
     她沾过毒品。
  3. Magicians do not dabble, they work hard.
     魔术师可不是随便玩两下的，他们下了苦功钻研。

英英释义

adj

• covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
  1. waves dabbled with moonlight
  2. a blood-spattered room
  3. gardens splashed with color
  4. kitchen walls splattered with grease
  Synonym:spatteredsplashedsplattered

双语例句

• As a schoolboy in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he dabbled in old radios, bottles and books, visiting endless auctions, "yard sales" and flea markets.
  当他还在宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特上学时，就涉猎各种年代已久的收音机、瓶瓶罐罐和书籍，参加无穷无尽的拍卖会，出入各种后院拍卖和跳蚤市场。
• He dabbled in business
  他搞过一点生意。
• When he was younger he dabbled in astrology.
  他年轻一点时涉猎过占星术。
• Waves dabbled with moonlight; a blood-spattered room; gardens splashed with color; kitchen walls splattered with grease.
  撒满月光的海面；血溅的房间；五颜六色的花园；溅有油污的厨房墙壁。
• The other drove a black Audi and dabbled in guitar.
  另外一位驾驶员开一辆黑色奥迪车并且喜欢弹吉他。
• He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.
  他第一次涉足政治是当他在法律学校就读时。
• Though he has dabbled in bronze occasionally, he has never tried this technique before.
  虽然他曾偶尔涉猎过用铜创作，但是之前从来没有尝试过这种技法。
• He had dabbled in Clarke's Homer, but had never yet worked much at the New Testament in the Greek, though he possessed a copy, obtained by post from a second-hand bookseller.
  他涉猎过克拉克版的《荷马诗集》，对希腊文原本的《新约全书》却根本没下过工夫，尽管他已经用邮寄方式，从一家旧书店买到一本。
• Since her return to Russia, Chapman has dabbled in politics, taken part in risque photoshoots for men's magazines, and hosts a TV show about the mysteries of the world.
  自从她回到俄罗斯后，查普曼涉足过政界，给男性杂志拍过淫猥的照片，还主持过一个探秘世界的电视节目。
• That could also amount to in-store experiences centered on the smartphone, an area in which Walmart, one of the biggest partners in MCX, has increasingly dabbled in recent years.
  同时它还可能营造一种以智能手机为中心的购物体验，作为MCX最大的合作伙伴之一，沃尔玛近年来一直在试水这个领域。