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輕叩,輕拍,輕撫,輕擦一點,些許,少量;高手,能手,專家

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dab \Dab\, n.
   1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a
      sudden blow or hit; a peck.

            A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak.
                                                  --Hawthorne.

   2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
   A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]

         One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works
         away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at
         an index.                                --Goldsmith.

Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving
   beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the
   European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough
   dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}.

Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[a^]bd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dabbing}.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD.
   dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G.
   tappen to grope.]
   1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist
      substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.

            A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing
            it over with fine lint.               --S. Sharp.

   2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or
      thrust. ``To dab him in the neck.'' --Sir T. More.

資料來源 : WordNet®

dab
     v 1: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with
          paint" [syn: {swab}, {swob}]
     2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: {pat}]
     [also: {dabbing}, {dabbed}]

dab
     n 1: a light touch or stroke [syn: {tap}, {pat}]
     2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
        paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {splash}, {splatter}]
     [also: {dabbing}, {dabbed}]
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