dribble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/|/dɹɪ.bl̩/    美 /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/|/ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Drool; saliva. uncountable
  2. Rubbish; worthless matter. colloquial,uncountable
    — Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms. Frankly, I’m shocked you would waste my time with this dribble. You are no artist, my dear.
  3. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle. countable
  4. A small amount of a liquid. countable
  5. The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it. countable
  6. A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand. countable
动词 v.
  1. In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
  2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
    — The baby dribbled onto its bib.
  3. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle. intransitive
  4. To move or roll slowly or in small quantities. figuratively,intransitive
    — The last formal word of compliment was spoken and the audience dribbled away with a sense of having performed a duty only slightly less meritorious than that of going to church.
  5. To let something fall in drips. transitive
    — let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room
  6. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. dated
  7. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

词形变化

dribbles present,singular,third-person dribbling participle,present dribbled participle,past dribbled past dribbles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bedribble overdribble dripple dribblesome seal dribble
相关词
crossover dribble double dribble dribble glass dribble penetration dribbly kill one's dribble

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English drib
English -le
English dribble
From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English drib
English -le
English dribble
From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
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