dab
[DAB]
英 [dæb] 美 [dæb]
v.轻触；轻涂n.轻拍；少量；熟手；比目鱼
◉词源
源自中古英语 dabben（轻击、拍打），可能模仿声音或动作，14世纪起指轻轻触摸或涂抹，2010年代起在亚特兰大嘻哈文化中发展为街舞动作（头部埋入弯曲手臂，像打喷嚏），同时指吸食大麻浓缩物（dabbing）。
◉外刊例句
① 《The Guardian》，2017
The teenage son of a Kansas congressman flummoxed the speaker... by dabbing during a photo call.
堪萨斯州一位国会议员的青少年儿子在拍照时做dab动作，让众议院议长困惑。
② 《The New York Times》，2016
Chasing Bigger High, Marijuana Users Turn to ‘Dabbing’.
为了追求更强烈的快感，大麻使用者转向“dabbing”。
◉经典名著
① She dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.
她用手帕轻拭眼睛。
② He dabbed a bit of paint on the canvas.
他在画布上轻点一点颜料。
◉ Usage Examples
(1) You can dab at the stain on your coat with a wet towel.
(2) Dab the solution on your scar to relieve the pain.
(3) Again, try not to use too much water. Just dab the paint on.
(4) She gave me a dab with her umbrella.
(5) She had given her face a dab with a wet towel.
(6) She put a dab of butter on the toast.
(7) She put a dab of perfume behind her ears.
(8) Ian is a dab hand at the orient art.
(9) She is a dab hand at chopsticks.
(1) 你可以用湿毛巾在衣服的污迹处轻轻地擦几下。
(2) 将药液涂在伤口上以缓解疼痛。
(3) 这次也不要用太多的水。只涂上少量的颜料就可以了。
(4) 她用雨伞轻轻拍了我一下。
(5) 她用湿毛巾把脸略略擦了一下。
(6) 她在吐司上抹了一点黄油。
(7) 她朝耳后喷了点香水。
(8) 伊恩是东方艺术的行家。
(9) 她是个使筷子的能手。
◉ Usage Notes
A dab is a quick, soft application of something, like paint or makeup. You might touch up a clown's makeup with several dabs on his cheeks and forehead.
A dab is the motion with which you pat or apply something to a surface, and it's also the tiny amount of material you're applying. An artist might work in dabs of paint, and a baker might lick a dab of cake batter off her finger. Dab is a verb too: "Dab this aloe on your sunburn — it'll feel much better." A dab is a "light, striking movement," from the earlier dabben, "to strike."
◉ Usage Notes
1. [VERB 动词]轻拍；轻触；轻拭；轻敷；轻涂 If you dab something, you touch it several times using quick, light movements. If you dab a substance onto a surface, you put it there using quick, light movements. [V n] [V n prep/adv] [V at n] [Also V]
She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue...
她来的时候一边哭着，一边用纸巾抹着眼泪。
She spread the icing over the cake, dabbing it with a knife...
她把糖霜浇在蛋糕上面，并用刀子轻轻涂抹开。
She dabbed iodine on the cuts on her forehead...
她把碘酒轻搽在前额的伤口上。
He dabbed at his lips with the napkin.
他用餐巾拭了拭嘴唇。
2. [N-COUNT 可数名词](表面的)少量，少许，一点儿 A dab of something is a small amount of it that is put onto a surface. [N of n] [INFORMAL 非正式]
She wore no make-up, not even a dab of lipstick.
她没有化妆，甚至连一点儿口红都没涂。
...a dab of glue.
点滴胶水
3. [N-VAR 可变名词]孙鲽；黄盖鲽 A dab is a small flat fish with rough scales.