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 with drugs
  她沾过毒品。
• 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。
• 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）
• He dabbled in the trade while working as an apprentice for an American sculptor between 2006 and 2008.
  2006年至2008年他给一位美国雕塑家做学徒，开始尝试雕塑。
• 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。
• Victor dabbled in drugs, armed robbery, assault.
  他贩毒、抢劫、斗殴。
• If you've also dabbled in the wonderful world of pseudo-coding called "web design" you undoubtedly recognize that, these days, most designers fall into one of two camps.
  如果你也涉猎了叫做“Web设计”的伪码梦幻世界的话，你无疑会发现在这个时代绝大多数设计师会分属于两个阵营之一。
• 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 several careers before finally becoming a computer programmer.
  在最终成为一个计算机程序设计家之前，她尝试过好几个职业。
• He dabbled in business
  他搞过一点生意。