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

• She dabbled her hands in the fountain.
  她把手伸到喷泉中玩水。
• She sank down on the low bank, and stripping off the remnants of her slippers and stockings, dabbled her burning feet in the cool water. He dipped a few times in the ocean to cool himself.
  她在低低的河岸上坐下来，脱掉破鞋烂袜，把一双发烫的脚浸在清凉的河水里。为了凉快凉快，他在海水里泡了几次。
• 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。
• Recently, Warner Brothers also dabbled with other unorthodox distribution methods, by creating iPad, iPhone, and iPod apps specifically for the dark knight and inception.
  最近，华纳兄弟还尝试过其他一些非常规传播方式，在iPad、iPhone以及iPod上开发与《黑暗骑士》和《盗梦空间》（Inception）有关的应用程序。
• Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water ( John Steinbeck)
  赖尼把他粗笨的手浸到水里（约翰斯坦贝克）
• 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。
• At first, most of its offshore investments were in the financial sector but more recently the fund has invested in natural resource-related companies and dabbled in real estate.
  最初，大多数中国的海外投资对象是财政机构。但最近，这些资金用来投资自然资源的相关企业，偶尔涉及到房地产。
• She dabbled with drugs
  她沾过毒品。
• He dabbled in religions.
  他涉猎宗教。
• When he was younger he dabbled in astrology.
  他年轻一点时涉猎过占星术。