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

• He dabbled in business
  他搞过一点生意。
• 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。
• In the past, I occasionally dabbled in painting for only a hobby; but now, working at being a full-time artist is my bag.
  过去我偶尔涉猎绘画，当做嗜好；现在却把做全天候的艺术家当成兴趣。
• 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。
• She dabbled with drugs
  她沾过毒品。
• Under the trees several pheasants lay about, their rich plumage dabbled with blood;
  在那些树下，有几只山鸡四下里躺着，它们华丽的羽毛上沾着斑斑血迹；
• Have you dabbled into web services?
  你已经涉足web服务了吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Some other banks have dabbled with longer-term payouts.
  其他一些银行开始尝试将薪酬的支付期限延长。