| 单词 | dab |
| 释义 | Word Frequency dab 1(dæb) verbWord forms: dabs, dabbing or dabbed 1. to touch lightly and quickly 2. (transitive) to daub with short tapping strokes to dab the wall with paint 3. (transitive) to apply (paint, cream, etc) with short tapping strokes noun 4. a small amount, esp of something soft or moist a dab of ink 5. a small light stroke or tap, as with the hand 6. (often plural) mainly British a slang word for fingerprint 7. a gesture, performed as part of a celebration, in which one arm is angled across the upper chest while the other is extended parallel to the first arm, with the face turned to the bent elbow Word origin C14: of imitative originWord Frequency dab 2(dæb) noun 1. a small common European brown flatfish, Limanda limanda, covered with rough toothed scales: family Pleuronectidae: a food fish 2. (often plural) any of various other small flatfish, esp flounders Compare sand dab 3. Also called: patiki a sand flounder, Rhombosolea plebia, common around New Zealand's South Island Word origin C15: from Anglo-French dabbe, of uncertain originWord Frequency dab 3(dæb) noun British informal dab hand Word origin C17: perhaps from dab1 (vb)Word Frequency DABabbreviation for digital audio broadcasting |
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