scribbling
scribbling — 名詞
1. writing or drawing produced fast and without neatness — often hard to make sense
塗鴉；亂寫
倉促或粗心留下的文字或圖案
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.
Jun 看著頁邊空白處的塗鴉，一個字也認不出來。
plural form: scribblings for scattered marks
A page covered in scribblings lay torn out of the notebook on the desk.
一張滿是塗鴉的紙頁從桌上的筆記本裡被撕了下來。
The doctor's scribblings on the prescription form left the pharmacist confused.
醫生在處方箋上的塗鴉讓藥劑師一頭霧水。
Esther apologised as she handed over a form full of scribblings.
Esther 遞過一張寫滿塗鴉的表格時道了歉。
Bright crayon scribblings covered every page of the library book.
鮮豔的蠟筆塗鴉蓋滿了圖書館藏書的每一頁。
- 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 — 動詞
1. to put words or pictures onto a surface fast, without trying to make them neat —
亂寫；亂畫
快速且不仔細地書寫或繪畫
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.
Soren 在衝出咖啡館之前，隨手在一張餐巾紙上亂寫了個電話號碼。
scribble + noun phrase + onto + surface
The toddler sat on the floor, happily scribbling with a red crayon on a large sheet of paper.
那個幼兒坐在地板上，開心地用紅色蠟筆在大張畫紙上亂畫。
Naledi scribbled a quick reply and pushed the note across the table.
Naledi 亂寫了幾句回覆，把紙條從桌上推了過去。
Hakim scribbled his name at the bottom of the form without checking the rest.
Hakim 在表格底部亂寫下自己的名字，沒有檢查其他內容。
Ingrid spent the whole lecture scribbling flowers in the margins of her textbook.
Ingrid 整堂課都在課本頁邊空白處亂畫花朵。
- 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.