dibble

• 名词，指一种小型手动工具，用于在园艺中在土壤里戳出小洞，以播种、栽种球茎或移植幼苗。

A noun referring to a small hand tool used in gardening for making holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or seedlings.

1. Gardening toolB2formal

   A small pointed tool used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or young plants.

   园艺打孔器

   • He used a dibble to plant the tulip bulbs in the garden.
   • The gardener's dibble had a wooden handle and a metal tip.
   • She made neat rows of holes with her dibble before sowing the seeds.

   同义词dibber

• 指用播种锥在土壤中打孔以便播种或栽苗；旧时也指把东西浸入水中、轻轻搅动，或用竿线钓鱼。

An obsolete verb meaning to dip or dangle, or to fish with a dibble (a type of fishing rod). Also used in gardening to mean to make holes in soil with a dibber for planting.

1. Plant using a dibbleC1formal

   To make a hole in the ground with a dibble (a pointed tool) for planting seeds, bulbs, or young plants.

   用穴播器种植

   • The gardener dibbled the seeds into the prepared soil.
   • She carefully dibbled the bulbs at the correct depth.
   • He taught me how to dibble seedlings for the vegetable patch.