1550s, probably a frequentative of dab. Original meaning was "wet by splashing;" modern figurative sense of "do superficially" first recorded 1620s. Related: Dabbled; dabbling. An Ellen Dablewife is in the Lancashire Inquests from 1336.
雙語例句
1. Magicians do not dabble, they work hard.
魔術師可不是隨便玩兩下的，他們下了苦功鉆研。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They dabble in the stock market.
他們少量投資于股市.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Never dabble with things of which you have no knowledge.
絕不要插手你不了解的事物.
來自辭典例句
4. Lenovo is not the first Chinese enterprise to dabble in F 1 racing.