scribbling
scribbling — noun
1. writing or drawing produced fast and without neatness — often hard to make sense
writing or drawing produced fast and without neatness — often hard to make sense of, like a child's crayon marks on a wall or a rushed note on a scrap of paper
Jun looked at the scribblings in the margin and could not read a single word.
plural form: scribblings for scattered marks
A page covered in scribblings lay torn out of the notebook on the desk.
The doctor's scribblings on the prescription form left the pharmacist confused.
Esther apologised as she handed over a form full of scribblings.
Bright crayon scribblings covered every page of the library book.
- calligraphy
beautiful, careful handwriting
用法筆記
Often used in the plural (scribblings) to describe scattered marks or multiple instances of messy writing.
常見錯誤
scribbling — verb
1. to put words or pictures onto a surface fast, without trying to make them neat —
to put words or pictures onto a surface fast, without trying to make them neat — the result is typically messy and difficult to read
Soren scribbled a phone number onto a napkin before rushing out of the café.
scribble + noun phrase + onto + surface
The toddler sat on the floor, happily scribbling with a red crayon on a large sheet of paper.
Naledi scribbled a quick reply and pushed the note across the table.
Hakim scribbled his name at the bottom of the form without checking the rest.
Ingrid spent the whole lecture scribbling flowers in the margins of her textbook.
- inscribe
to write carefully, often with a sense of permanence or formality
文法句型
scribble + noun phrase
scribble + on/over + surface
用法筆記
Can be used both with a direct object (scribbled a note) and without one (sat scribbling). The object is typically something short or informal: a note, a number, a name, a quick message.