dabble

英 [ˈdæbl]

美 [ˈdæbl]

v. 涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水

现在分词：dabbling　过去式：dabbled　过去分词：dabbled　第三人称单数：dabbles　

Collins.1 / BNC.14552 / COCA.14779

牛津词典

verb

涉猎；涉足；浅尝
to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously
1. He dabbles in local politics.
  他开始涉足地方政坛。
玩水；嬉水
to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water
1. She dabbled her toes in the stream.
  她把脚趾浸在小河里嬉水。

verb

bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
1. dabbling ducks
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
work with in an amateurish manner
1. She dabbles in astronomy
2. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Synonym:smatterplay around
play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonym:paddlesplash around

This is not the first time the fast food chain has decided to dabble in the fragrance market.
这已经不是快餐连锁店第一次决定涉足香水市场了。
So what does this mean for those of us who fancy a dabble in the world of fine Claret?
那么，这是否意味着我们这些谁豪华涉足世界中的罚款干红？
It's about trying to find answers and trying to dabble with the concept of time.
它是试图找到答案，并尝试涉足这一概念的时间。
A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
He well-reads, dabble 100 divisions, made graven contribution to abounding scientific thesaurus of the mankind.
他博览群书，涉猎百科，对丰富人类的科学知识宝库做出了不可磨灭的贡献。
He dabble in stocks and shares for a few months and then gave them up.
他做过几个月的股票买卖，但很快就放弃了。
After a brief dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business.
涉足政坛一小段时间后，他返回了商界。
Jew engages in agriculture, digs up a great deal of badlands; They also dabble in handicraft industry;
犹太人从事农业生产，开垦了大量的荒地：他们也广泛涉猎手工行业；
There were various pursuits in which he had dabble from time& the violin was his latest.
他一个时候有一种爱好，都是浅尝辄止，最近他又爱上了小提琴。
She dabbled with drugs
她沾过毒品。