dabblev.

/ˈdab(ə)l/

Etymology: Appears late in 16th cent. Agrees in form, and in sense 2, with Dutch dabbelen, variant of dabben, expl. by Plantijn as ‘pattrouiller, ou patteler de mains’ to dabble with the feet or hands, met de voet int slijck dabbelen, ‘trepiner des piedz en la fange’, to trample with the feet in the mud. In form Dutch dabbelen is the frequentative of dabben: the relation of dabble and dab in English is less clear.

a. transitive. To wet by splashing, as in running through a puddle or wading about in shallow water, or by pressing against wet shrubs, or the like; to move anything to and fro in water; hence to wet in a casual way; to disfigure or soil with splashes of any liquid; to bespatter, besprinkle, bedabble. Said of the personal agent, or the liquid medium.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > by splashing or sprinkling

dabble1557

daggle1805

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.i Set bauen alone, lay the bowghes from the blockes: the drier, the les maidens, dablith their dockes [skirts behind].

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 54 A shadow like an angell in bright haire, Dabled in bloud.

a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) ii. iii. 910 We must take heed we ride through all the Pudles..that your Saffe-guard there may be most probably dabled.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 570 The Country being woody they were daily dabled with the fall of snow from the trees.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. iii. 361 I scarified.., and dabbled the Wound with ol. terebinth.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxi. 66 The men who are dabbling the Queen's robe in blood.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. v. 85 I dabbled a handkerchief in a neighbouring fountain for her to wash her streaked face.

b. causal.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 62 Or in the..holy secrets of this microcosm, Dabbling a shameless hand.

2. intransitive. To move (with feet or hands, or the bill) in shallow water, liquid mud, etc., so as to cause some splashing; to play about in shallow water, to paddle.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid

wadec1220

swalter?a1400

paddle1530

dabble1611

squash1671

slush1853

sqush1929

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water

swalter?a1400

puddle1440

swalperc1540

swatter?1553

poss1575

soss1575

dabble1611

dibble1622

switter?a1800

plouter1808

squatter1808

slosh1844

splosh1930

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patouiller,..to padle, or dable in with the feet.

1626 J. Pory in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 331 They..made her to dable in the durte on a foul morning from Somersett House to St. James.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 44 Ducklings, which..naturally delight to dabble in the Water.

1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 118 The long wet pasture grass she dabbles through.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvii. 488 The minister who..had stooped to dabble in these muddy waters of intrigue.

a. figurative. To employ oneself in a dilettante way in (any business or pursuit) without going deeply or seriously into it; to work off and on at, as a matter of whim or fancy. Const. in (with, at, etc.).

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante

dabble1631

dilettante1837

dilettantize1843

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 26 in Wks. II Let him still dable in Poetry.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2^v Some Youngster that had been Dabbling amongst the Socinian Writers.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 315 One of those sources of disputation which must not be dabbled with, we must drink deep or had better not taste at all.

1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 465 Examining how far their own members..had been dabbling in stocks.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxviii. 250 It's the delight of my life to have dabbled in poetry.

1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. i. 14 The man who dabbles at saving the world by science, education, hygeian and other economics.

†b. To meddle, tamper with; to interfere in.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle

entermeenec1449

intermit1456

intromit?a1475

intermeddle1477

intromeddle1524

to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542

to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542

to have a hand in the dish1551

pudder1624

mird?c1625

to mell or make with1634

potter1655

dabble1660

meddle1711

interfere1743

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1961

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 7 He has bound himself up from dabling with the Grounds of Obedience and Government.

1721 F. Atterbury Let. 15 Oct. in A. Pope Corr. (1956) II. 88 You, I think have been dabling here and there with the Text.

1791 T. Paine Common Sense (new ed.) 90 Dabbling in matters, which the professed Quietude of your Principles instruct you not to meddle with.

1794 Sir F. M. Eden in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 238 As he loves to be dabbling, he may perhaps go.

†4. To move up and down in a playful, trifling manner, like one dabbling in water. Obsolete.

a1688 Duke of Buckingham Poems (1775) 169 I'll dabble up and down, and take the air.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	dabble
释义	dabblen. Etymology: < dabble v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdabble. The act of dabbling; that which dabbles. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain lita1325 pleckc1350 blotc1400 smodc1400 discolouring?a1425 spot?a1425 stain1583 denigration1641 discolouration1666 staddle1691 discolour1812 spang1839 blotting1842 suddle1861 staddle-stead1868 dabble1871 staddle-mark1876 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 7 While still the gory dabble did anew the soil pollute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). dabblev. /ˈdab(ə)l/ Etymology: Appears late in 16th cent. Agrees in form, and in sense 2, with Dutch dabbelen, variant of dabben, expl. by Plantijn as ‘pattrouiller, ou patteler de mains’ to dabble with the feet or hands, met de voet int slijck dabbelen, ‘trepiner des piedz en la fange’, to trample with the feet in the mud. In form Dutch dabbelen is the frequentative of dabben: the relation of dabble and dab in English is less clear. 1. a. transitive. To wet by splashing, as in running through a puddle or wading about in shallow water, or by pressing against wet shrubs, or the like; to move anything to and fro in water; hence to wet in a casual way; to disfigure or soil with splashes of any liquid; to bespatter, besprinkle, bedabble. Said of the personal agent, or the liquid medium. ΘΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > by splashing or sprinkling dabble1557 daggle1805 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.i Set bauen alone, lay the bowghes from the blockes: the drier, the les maidens, dablith their dockes [skirts behind]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 54 A shadow like an angell in bright haire, Dabled in bloud. View more context for this quotation a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) ii. iii. 910 We must take heed we ride through all the Pudles..that your Saffe-guard there may be most probably dabled. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 570 The Country being woody they were daily dabled with the fall of snow from the trees. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. iii. 361 I scarified.., and dabbled the Wound with ol. terebinth. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxi. 66 The men who are dabbling the Queen's robe in blood. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. v. 85 I dabbled a handkerchief in a neighbouring fountain for her to wash her streaked face. b. causal. Π 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 62 Or in the..holy secrets of this microcosm, Dabbling a shameless hand. 2. intransitive. To move (with feet or hands, or the bill) in shallow water, liquid mud, etc., so as to cause some splashing; to play about in shallow water, to paddle. ΘΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid wadec1220 swalter?a1400 paddle1530 dabble1611 squash1671 slush1853 sqush1929 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water swalter?a1400 puddle1440 swalperc1540 swatter?1553 poss1575 soss1575 dabble1611 dibble1622 switter?a1800 plouter1808 squatter1808 slosh1844 splosh1930 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patouiller,..to padle, or dable in with the feet. 1626 J. Pory in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 331 They..made her to dable in the durte on a foul morning from Somersett House to St. James. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 44 Ducklings, which..naturally delight to dabble in the Water. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 118 The long wet pasture grass she dabbles through. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvii. 488 The minister who..had stooped to dabble in these muddy waters of intrigue. 3. a. figurative. To employ oneself in a dilettante way in (any business or pursuit) without going deeply or seriously into it; to work off and on at, as a matter of whim or fancy. Const. in (with, at, etc.). ΘΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante dabble1631 dilettante1837 dilettantize1843 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 26 in Wks. II Let him still dable in Poetry. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2^v Some Youngster that had been Dabbling amongst the Socinian Writers. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 315 One of those sources of disputation which must not be dabbled with, we must drink deep or had better not taste at all. 1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 465 Examining how far their own members..had been dabbling in stocks. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxviii. 250 It's the delight of my life to have dabbled in poetry. 1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. i. 14 The man who dabbles at saving the world by science, education, hygeian and other economics. †b. To meddle, tamper with; to interfere in. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle entermeenec1449 intermit1456 intromit?a1475 intermeddle1477 intromeddle1524 to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542 to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542 to have a hand in the dish1551 pudder1624 mird?c1625 to mell or make with1634 potter1655 dabble1660 meddle1711 interfere1743 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1961 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 7 He has bound himself up from dabling with the Grounds of Obedience and Government. 1721 F. Atterbury Let. 15 Oct. in A. Pope Corr. (1956) II. 88 You, I think have been dabling here and there with the Text. 1791 T. Paine Common Sense (new ed.) 90 Dabbling in matters, which the professed Quietude of your Principles instruct you not to meddle with. 1794 Sir F. M. Eden in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 238 As he loves to be dabbling, he may perhaps go. †4. To move up and down in a playful, trifling manner, like one dabbling in water. Obsolete. Π a1688 Duke of Buckingham Poems (1775) 169 I'll dabble up and down, and take the air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1871v.1557
随便看	platygastric platyglossal platyglossate platyglossous platyhelminth platyhelminthic platyhelminths platyhieric platykurtic platykurtosis platymeria platymeric platymeric index platymerism platymery platymesaticephalic platymesocephalic platymeter platynotal platynote platyodont platyope platyopic platypellic platypetalous

dabblen.

dabblev.