释义 |
bedabble, v.|bɪˈdæb(ə)l| [f. be- 1 + dabble.] trans. To wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty. Hence bedabbled ppl. a.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 443 Bedabbled with the dew, and torne with briars, I can no further crawle. 1644Vind. Featley Pref. 1 Pens bedabbled in the Gall of bitternesse. 1811Scott Don Roderick xxxi, Idols of gold..Bedabbled all with blood. 1862Luck Ladysmede II. 78 Whose stained and bedabbled head and face made him appear more of a sufferer than he really was. |