dab at one's eyes
collocation轻擦眼睛
She dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief.
她用手帕轻轻擦了擦眼睛。
轻拍；轻按；轻涂
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轻拍；轻按；轻涂
To press or touch lightly and quickly with a soft object, usually repeatedly, without rubbing; to apply a substance in this way.
She dabbed some perfume on her wrists.
她在手腕上轻拍了一些香水。
用软物轻轻重复按压而不摩擦。
To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
以这种方式涂抹物质。
To apply a substance in this way.
通过猛推击打；用突然的打击或推击打。
To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
做dab舞蹈动作
To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
dab
Base
原形
dabs
3rd person
第三人称单数
dabbing
-ing
现在分词
dabbed
Past
过去式
dabbed
Past participle
过去分词
She dabs the paint on the canvas.
她轻拍油漆在画布上。
He dabbed his forehead with a tissue.
他用纸巾轻擦额头。
They are dabbing the wound gently.
他们正在轻轻轻拍伤口。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
He dabbed at the stain with a damp cloth.
他用湿布轻轻擦拭污渍。
The artist dabbed paint onto the canvas to create texture.
艺术家将颜料轻拍在画布上以制造纹理。
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轻擦眼睛
She dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief.
她用手帕轻轻擦了擦眼睛。
涂上；抹上
He dabbed on some sunscreen before going out.
他出门前涂了些防晒霜。
轻轻擦掉
Use a clean cloth to dab off the excess paint.
用干净的布轻轻擦掉多余的颜料。
轻轻拍干
Dab the stain dry with a paper towel.
用纸巾轻轻拍干污渍。
擦去额头的汗水
The runner dabbed the sweat from his brow.
那位跑步者擦去额头的汗水。
做dab舞蹈动作
The kids love to do the dab during the school talent show.
孩子们喜欢在学校才艺表演时做dab舞蹈动作。
能手；行家
She's a dab hand at baking bread.
她是烤面包的能手。
正好；恰好（在中间）
The car stopped smack dab in front of the gate.
车正好停在了大门口。
（嘲弄或炫耀地）在某人面前做dab动作
They celebrated by dabbing on the losing team.
他们对着失利的球队做dab动作来庆祝。
“看看我的Dab舞，看看我的Dab舞，看看我的Dab舞”——Migos，《Look at My Dab》（2015）
From Migos' 2015 song 'Look at My Dab', this hook helped spread the 'dab' dance craze worldwide. In the song, 'dab' refers to a celebratory dance move: lowering the head while extending one arm upward and the other outward.
此句出自Migos 2015年的歌曲《Look at My Dab》，这句副歌让“Dab舞”风靡全球。在歌中，“dab”指一种庆祝性舞步：低头，一只手臂向上伸，另一只手臂向旁伸直。
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用软布（dab 音近“搭布”）轻轻按压，不摩擦——就是 dab 的「轻涂轻拍」。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常轻压或轻涂、口语中表示击打、舞蹈/网络文化 作动词时，语域随义项变化：轻压、轻涂通常偏中性，常见于日常描述；表示击打或做 dab 舞蹈动作则多用于口语或网络文化场合。
这些词都与 dab (/dæb/) 押韵：cab, lab, tab, grab, slab, blab 都以 /æb/ 结尾。注意拼写相似的词发音可能不同，如 babe (/beɪb/) 和 daub (/dɔːb/) 并不与 dab 押韵。
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