英语词汇dribble的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dribble
词源	dribble v. 1580s, "let fall in drops or bits;" 1590s (intransitive) "fall in drops or small particles," frequentative of obsolete verb drib (1520s), a variant of drip (v.). The sports sense "give the ball a slight shove or bounce" first was used in soccer (1863), the basketball sense is by 1892 (implied in dribbling). Related: Dribbled. As a noun from 1670s. Entries linking to dribble drip v. c. 1300, drippen, "to fall in drops; let fall in drops," from Old English drypan, also dryppan, from Proto-Germanic drupjanan (source also of Old Norse dreypa, Middle Danish drippe, Dutch druipen, Old High German troufen, German triefen), perhaps from a PIE root dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Related: Dripped; dripping. drib n. "drop," c. 1730, Scottish, perhaps from dribble or from obsolete verb drib (1520s). updated on October 09, 2018
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