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。
• In his spare time, friends say, he co-founded a translation agency, sold medicine and dabbled in stocks.
  他的朋友们说，马云在空闲时间与他人合办了一家翻译公司，此外，他还销售药品、炒股。
• 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。
• 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。
• When he was younger he dabbled in astrology.
  他年轻一点时涉猎过占星术。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although MECom has dabbled in UK-based investments, it has decided to focus on continental European newspapers, where assets are cheaper and the revenue base is more stable because there is less reliance on advertising.
  尽管mecom迄今的投资均在英国，但该公司已决定将重点放在欧洲大陆的报纸上，那里的报纸对广告的依赖程度较低，所以资产价格更为低廉，而收入基础也更加稳定。