dribble

dribble
verb
  1. [no obj. and usu. with adverbial of direction](of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream
    （慢慢）滴下；细流
    rain dribbled down the window.
    雨水从玻璃上缓缓滴下。
    refugees from central Europe dribbled into Britain.
    中欧难民像细流一样慢慢进入英国。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]pour (a liquid) in such a way
    慢慢倒，滴
    he dribbled cream into his coffee.
    他在咖啡里慢慢加奶油。
    ■[no obj.]allow saliva to run from the mouth
    流口水
    his mouth was open and he was dribbling.
    他的嘴张着，并且在流口水。
  2. [with obj. and adverbial of direction](chiefly in soccer, hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forwards past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing
    （英式足球、曲棍球及篮球中用脚、球棍或手）运（球）；盘带
    he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area.
    他企图带球出球门区。
    [no obj.]he dribbled past a swarm of defenders.
    他运球过了密集的防守队员。
noun
  1. a thin stream of liquid; a trickle
    细流；连续小滴
    a dribble of blood.
    几小滴血。
    ■[mass noun]saliva running from the mouth
    流出的口水
  2. [mass noun](figurative)foolish talk or ideas; nonsense
    (喻)蠢话；馊主意；胡说八道
    don't believe a word of that dribble.
    对于那些胡说八道，一个字也别信。
  3. (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) an act or instance of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces
    （英式足球、曲棍球及篮球中）运球
派生
dribbler
noun
dribbly
adjective
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of dripThe original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib. Sense 2 of the noun may have been influenced by drivel
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