dribble
verb- [intransitive, transitive] dribble (something)
to let saliva or another liquid come out of your mouth and run down your chin synonym drool流口水;垂涎 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to fall in small drops or in a thin stream 一点一滴地落下;细流 - [transitive] dribble something (into/over/onto something)
to pour something slowly, in drops or a thin stream synonym drizzle, trickle使滴出;使成细流 - [transitive, intransitive] dribble (something) (+ adv./prep.)
(in football (soccer) and some other sports )足球及其他某些体育运动 to move the ball along with several short kicks, hits or bounces 运球;带球;盘球 She dribbled the ball the length of the field. 她带球从后场跑到前场。 He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal. 他带球越过两个防守队员,射入非常精彩的一球。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib.