dabble

Các nghĩa

1. làm ướt nhẹ, vấy bẩn

   To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.

   transitive

   I dabble in the culinary arts.

   What a fool she is to dabble in stocks!

2. nghịch nước, vọc nước

   To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.

   transitive

   The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.

3. kiếm ăn bằng cách dìm đầu xuống nước (vịt, ngỗng)

   To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.

   intransitive

4. tham gia hời hợt, đụng vào cho vui

   To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

   figuratively · intransitive

   She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.

Dạng khác

• dabbles present, singular, third-person
• dabbling participle, present
• dabbled participle, past

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