dabble

英 [ˈdæbl]

美 [ˈdæbl]

v. 涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水

现在分词：dabbling　过去式：dabbled　过去分词：dabbled　第三人称单数：dabbles　

Collins.1 / BNC.14552 / COCA.14779

牛津词典

verb

涉猎；涉足；浅尝
to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously
1. He dabbles in local politics.
  他开始涉足地方政坛。
玩水；嬉水
to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water
1. She dabbled her toes in the stream.
  她把脚趾浸在小河里嬉水。

verb

bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
1. dabbling ducks
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
work with in an amateurish manner
1. She dabbles in astronomy
2. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Synonym:smatterplay around
play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonym:paddlesplash around

After a brief dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business.
涉足政坛一小段时间后，他返回了商界。
If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology; don't let him get away from that invaluable "real life".
如果你的痞子非要涉猎科学，就只让他接触经济学和社会学，千万别让他与那我辈所珍视的所谓“真实的人生”隔绝了。
With the comparative free time, I started to dabble in development.
由于时间相对自由，所以我开始尝试开发。
It's about trying to find answers and trying to dabble with the concept of time.
它是试图找到答案，并尝试涉足这一概念的时间。
There were various pursuits in which he had dabble from time& the violin was his latest.
他一个时候有一种爱好，都是浅尝辄止，最近他又爱上了小提琴。
I dabble in writing poetry but I do it only for my own pleasure, not for publication.
我偶尔搞一点诗歌创作，但那仅仅是为了寻找自我乐趣而已，并非为了发表。
He dabbled in business
他搞过一点生意。
She dabbled with drugs
她沾过毒品。
He well-reads, dabble 100 divisions, made graven contribution to abounding scientific thesaurus of the mankind.
他博览群书，涉猎百科，对丰富人类的科学知识宝库做出了不可磨灭的贡献。
Besides acting, he also did dabble singing.
除了表演，他也小小涉足了歌坛。