Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, Cruise's son has dabbled in both acting and DJing, but spends much of his time deep-sea fishing, participating in sports and barbecuing, per his Instagram. 2023 While Thrive Causemetics, which launched in 2014, has dabbled in skincare before, Bigger Than Beauty dives deeper into the skincare world but from a new angle after customer feedback. Todays brief and noninformative (sic) edition of Scrabble Dabble Doo includes all the 7 and 8 letter words that begin with the. Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023 The study of designs can be traced back to 1850, when Thomas Kirkman, a vicar in a parish in the north of England who dabbled in mathematics, posed a seemingly straightforward problem in a magazine called the Lady’s and Gentleman’s Diary. Joe Freeman, oregonlive, Why Netflix is dabbling in livestreaming MaTo cope with competition, Netflix has diversified its library with mobile games, live programming and more local language content like Korean dramas. Dan Gallagher, wsj.com, After his rodeo career, Mahan dabbled in music, fashion and movies, taking his unprecedented rodeo fame to new heights.
Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, Amazon has been dabbling in the grocery business for years.
Erin Carlson, Town & Country, The only chatterer has been Steve Baer, a man who, before retiring, dabbled in reverse mortgages for senior citizens. That's all the explanation I can offer since I don't speak or read Chinese at all.Recent Examples on the Web On the rare moment of downtime, Ainslie dabbles in other sports. October 28, 1:57 'medio ambiente' is 'environment' in Spanish. October 21, 4:51 S: just that English speakers are far more likely to say it.
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I got the 'keep out of the water' reading right away from the English word on the sign, plus probably the pragmatic knowledge of what kinds of things outdoor signs warn against. But some of us still get a strong watery image even when the word is used for desultory pursuits. (on lakeshore): "Can we go swimming?" "No but you can dabble your feet." I guess for some people the metaphorical use has overshadowed the literal one. I remember the word being used (when I was a kid) for either dangling the feet in water from, say, a pier, but more often for walking splashily in shallow water (what the British call "paddling") it was used in contrast with swimming, when we were around water, e.g. Would they? "Dabbling one's feet/toes" sound pretty idiomatic to me and refer to dipping and moving those body parts around in water. 'most English readers would first think that it meant something like "no superficial messing around" ' Think "no trespassing," "no surfing," "no swimming," "no hunting," etc., then think of these prohibitions sans the -ing. What makes "No dabbling" a more idiomatic form than "No dabble"? Or "No paddling", a phrase that pops up in these contexts and has a pretty similar sound to "No dabbling".ĭabbling seemed pretty straightforward, but it took me a long time to get how "environment" turned into "medium." "it is prohibited to play around in the water," i.e., "swimming prohibited" How popular is the Wind in the Willows in China? "All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a- dabbling, Up tails all!" Ironic, since most native speaker wouldnt know it Why is it ironic that the Chinese and the original English match? Isn't that a reasonable explanation (they used an outdated translation dictionary)? Filed by Victor Mair under Lost in translation.This one is rendered perfectly by Google Translate. ("protection of the environment is everyone's responsibility") ("cherish / take care of public property and trees") This is ironic, since the original meaning of "dabble" is "to play around in the water."Īt first, I thought that's all I'd write for this post, but then I came upon the source of this "No dabble" sign online, and discovered that it was accompanied by a couple of other signs in the same park, neither of which makes much sense in their Chinglish version. ("it is prohibited to play around in the water," i.e., "swimming prohibited") Even if it were in the more idiomatic form "No dabbling," most English readers would first think that it meant something like "no superficial messing around". The only problem is that few English speakers would understand what it's about. It's short, sweet, and simple, a charming specimen of Chinglish.
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