英语词汇“dab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

dabdab1 /dæb/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYdab¹

Origin: 1200-1300 From the sound of hitting something

1a small amount of something that you put onto a surface with your hand, a cloth, etc.: dab of Add a dab of butter and some parsley.2a light touch with a cloth, sponge, etc. held in your hand: He paints with dabs of the brush.

noun | verb

dabdab2 verb (dabbed, dabbing)

VERB TABLE

dab

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dab
	he, she, it	dabs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dabbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dabbed
	he, she, it	has dabbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dabbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dab
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dabbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dabbing
	he, she, it	is dabbing
	you, we, they	are dabbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was dabbing
	you, we, they	were dabbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dabbing
	he, she, it	has been dabbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dabbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dabbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dabbing

1[intransitive, transitive] to touch something lightly several times with something such as a cloth: He dabbed his mouth with a napkin.dab at something Mrs. Copeland dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.2[transitive] to put a small amount of a substance onto something with quick light movements of your hand: dab something on/onto/behind etc. something Diane dabbed perfume behind each ear.