单词 | dabbler |
释义 | dabblern. 1. One who dabbles, esp. in any business or pursuit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > dilettante dabbler1611 ubiquitary1615 dilettante1826 dabster1871 dilettant1875 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patouillard, a padler, dabler, slabberer; one that tramples with his feet in plashes of durtie water. 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother ii. ii. sig. D2 A little unbak'd Poetry, Such as the Dablers of our time contrive. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. xxxii. Your dabblers in metaphysics are the most dangerous creatures breathing. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xi. 72 A dabbler in arts and sciences. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > extra canvas laced to sail bonnet1440 sail-bond?a1500 drabbler1594 dabbler1611 puffball1933 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Papefif, the maine course; that part of the maine-sayle whereto the bonnets, or dablers be fastened. 3. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1881 Cassell's Family Mag. 7 85/2 Two dabblers of different sizes should be procured..for laying the background smooth and even [in painting on china]. 1881 Cassell's Family Mag. 7 87/1 Wash over the..ground-work..with light sweeps of the brush,..then take the dabbler and..dab rapidly and evenly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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