| 释义 |
▪ I. dabbling, vbl. n.|ˈdæblɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb dabble; an instance or result of such action.
1677Hubbard Narrative 109 Many of the rest were sorely wounded, as appeared by the dabbling of the Bushes with blood. 1712Swift Jrnl. Stella 19 Dec., We are full of snow and dabbling. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 361 Some further paltry dabbling was also attempted with the phraseology. 1884Chr. Treasury Feb. 92/1 The disconnected dabblings of..untrained forgers.
▪ II. ˈdabbling, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That dabbles.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 518 In dabbleing weather and autumne. 1816J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 178 Superficial, dabbling authors. a1845Hood Mermaid of Margate xii, A scaly tail, of a dolphin's growth, In the dabbling brine did soak.
Hence ˈdabblingly adv.
1811W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXV. 134 The first number is written by the editor, and treats dabblingly of ‘dabblers’. |