English Dictionary

dabble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdæb(ə)l/

名詞

A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid. / An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc. / An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

日本語の意味

液体が軽く散らばっている様子、または液体が点在している状態 / 柔らかい泥や水などに軽くはじけるように水しぶきを上げる行為 / 活動に対してカジュアルまたは表面的に参加する行為

She wiped away a dabble of coffee from her sleeve before heading out.

彼女は外出する前に袖についたコーヒーのしぶきを拭き取った。

意味（1）

A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.

Sir W. Rose has works that bear painful evidence of failing health; indeed, his group of the Duc et Duchesse d'Aumale (705), with the Prince de Condé and the Duc de Guise, is quite unfinished and even blotted. The face of the Duke is refined, but weak; the colour is pale, and the background only a dabble of unarranged and undrilled touches.

意味（2）

An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.

Happily, however, he [the gnat] is born a swimmer and can take his pleasure in his native element, poising himself near its surface head downwards, tail upwards. Why chooses he this strange position? Just for the same reason that we rather prefer, when taking a dabble in the waves, to have our heads above water, for the convenience, namely, of receiving a due supply of air, which the little swimmer in question sucks in through a sort of tube in his tail.

意味（3）

An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

[…] I was induced to quit Leeds ſooner than uſual, as the concourſe of company which would aſſemble on that occaſion was expected to be very numerous and productive, and of courſe I could not idly let ſlip ſuch a lucrative proſpect but muſt have a dabble for the loaves and fiſhes.

dabbles （ plural ）