- informal a large, shapeless mass of something, especially soft food〈非正式〉(尤指松软的食物的)一团, 一块:
great dollops of cream
大团的冰激凌
figurative 〈喻〉a dollop of romance here and there.
随处可见的浪漫。
(dolloped, dolloping)with obj. and adverbial of direction
- add (a large mass of something) casually and without measuring随意添加(大团物质):
he stopped him from dolloping cream into his coffee.
他让他别再往他的咖啡里胡乱倒奶油了。
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting a clump of grass or weeds in a field): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian dialect dolp 'lump'.