dabble
/ˈdæbl/verb
with obj.
1- immerse (one's hands or feet) partially in water and move them around gently用（手, 脚）搅水, 嬉水：
they dabbled their feet in the rock pools.
他们把脚伸进岩石间水坑里嬉水。
1.1
- no obj.(of a duck or other water bird) move the bill around in shallow water while feeding（鸭子等水鸟）水中啄食：
teal dabble in the shallows.
水鸭在浅水里啄食。
1.2
- no obj. figurative take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way〈喻〉涉猎：
he dabbled in left-wing politics.
他参与左翼政治。
派生词
dabbler
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from obsolete Dutch dabbelen, or a frequentative of the verb DAB1.