| 单词 |
dibble-dabble |
| 释义 |
ˈdibble-ˈdabble colloq. or dial. [Reduplication of dabble, the form expressing repetition with alternation of intensity, as in bibble-babble, tittle-tattle, zig-zag, etc.] lit. An irregular course of dabbling or splashing; fig. rubbish; also, uproar with violence.
c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 7 They are but dyble dable I marvell ye can abyd such byble bable. 1767C'tess. Cowper in Mrs. Delany's Life & Corr. Ser. ii. (1862) I. 99 It turned out such a dibble-dabble... We have had March weather before March came. 1825Jamieson, Dibble-dabble, uproar, accompanied with violence. 1847–78Halliwell, Dibble-dabble, rubbish. North. |

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