Значення

значень: 5
  1. (перехідне)To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.

  2. (перехідне)To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.

    The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.

    platschen

    плеска́тьсяpleskátʹsja

  3. (неперехідне)To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.

    gründeln

    корми́ться со днаkormítʹsja so dna

  4. (переносно, неперехідне)To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

    She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.

    ein wenig befassen, dilettieren

    занима́ться пове́рхностноzanimátʹsja povérxnostno

  5. (неперехідне, застаріле)To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

Ще визначення
  • bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  • dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
  • work with in an amateurish manner
  • play in or as if in water, as of small children

Приклади

речень: 15
  1. Tom dabbles in the stock market.

  2. Tom dabbled in magic.

    deTom hat sich mit Magie abgegeben.

  3. I dabble in the culinary arts.

  4. Tom dabbled in cocaine in his youth.

  5. Tom has dabbled in the dark arts.

Русский
За значеннями 3
to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.:
of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving:
to participate in a casual or superficial way:
Deutsch
За значеннями 3
to cause splashing by moving a body part in soft mud, water, etc.:
of waterfowl, to feed with the head underwater without diving:
to participate in a casual or superficial way:

Походження

From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle D

From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”).

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Форми

dabbles, dabbling, dabbled, dabbled
Базова формаdabble · to dabble
3-я особа одниниdabbles
Дієприкметник теперішнього часуdabbling
Минулий часdabbled
Дієприкметник минулого часуdabbled

правильне · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theydabble
he, she, itdabbles

Past simpleУрок

усі особиdabbled

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave dabbled
he, she, ithas dabbled

Future simple (will)Урок

усі особиwill dabble

Синоніми

синонімів: 7
to make slightly wet or soiled:bespatterbesprinklespatter
Близькі за значенням

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 10

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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