| 单词 | dandle |
| 释义 | dandle (once / 13251 pages) v To dandle a baby or small child is to bounce him on your lap. You might dandle your little nephew to make him laugh. When you dandle a baby, you jiggle her in your arms or move her gently up and down on your knees. Your eccentric aunt Iris might dandle her big Maine Coon cat on her lap, or her little toy poodle, but you're most likely to find the verb dandle alongside the word baby. The origin of this sixteenth century word is uncertain, though it may be related to the imitative Old French dandin, "small bell." WORD FAMILYdandle: dandled, dandles, dandling USAGE EXAMPLESI wondered idly if it felt good, like when you dandle your feet in the water after a long day’s walking. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) Som was on the cellphone with their older daughter, who was away at school; Niang, a teacher, was dandling their 7-month-old baby, their third child. Washington Post(Apr 23, 2015) And when a handsome man played with him, “How could I know it was Gig Young dandling me on his knee?” New York Times(Mar 31, 2015) 1v move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees Hyper displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v pet the grandfather dandled the small child Hyper caress, fondle touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner |
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