dab /dæb/ TEM8 ( dabbing, dabbed, dabs )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you dab something, you touch it several times using quick, light movements. If you dab a substance onto a surface, you put it there using quick, light movements. 轻擦; 轻敷

  例：

  She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

  她哭着来了，用纸巾轻擦着眼睛。

  例：

  She dabbed iodine on the cuts on her forehead.

  她在她额头的伤口处搽了碘酒。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A dab of something is a small amount of it that is put onto a surface. 少量 [非正式]

  例：

  ...a dab of glue.

  …一点胶水。

• 3. 

  N a small common European brown flatfish, Limanda limanda, covered with rough toothed scales: family Pleuronectidae: a food fish 比目鱼