dob
/dɒb/verb
(dobbed, dobbing)with obj. Austral./NZ informal <澳/新西兰, 非正式>
1
dob someone in
inform against someone告发
1.1
- no obj.
dob on
inform on; betray告发; 出卖。
2
dob something in
contribute money to a common cause（为共同事业）捐款：everyone dobbed in a few dollars.
每个人都捐了几元钱。
3
dob someone in
impose on someone to do something强迫…做事：I dobbed him in to do the cleaning.
我强迫他打扫卫生。
派生词
dobber
noun词源
1950s: figurative use of dialect dob 'put down abruptly'， later 'throw something at a target'.