dabblement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process or act of dabbling; A superficial investigation or participation. countable,uncountable
    — But let us leave these dabblements in acoustics, and come on to a second waterfall, which is, to my mind, as beautiful as the first is magnificent.
  2. A somewhat wet concentration of mud, paint, water, gore, etc. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The bustling spirit which animated Mrs. Mulligan was this day particularly restless, as if to heighten the effect of her strange visitor's inertia; scouring and dusting were carried on with might and main; half the kitchen was submerged, amphibious Katy floating in the dabblement, and never relaxing but to give her guest a stare, which would have frightened any animal but a German Frau.

词形变化

dabblements plural

词源

From dabble + -ment.
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