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| smatter | (สแมท'เทอะ) vt., vi., n. (การ) พูดได้อย่างงู ๆ ปลา ๆ , สนทนาได้อย่างงู ๆ ปลา ๆ, See also: smatterer n., Syn. dabble in | smattering | (สแมท'เทอริง) adj., n. (ความ) รู้ตื้น ๆ , รู้เพียงผิวเผิน., Syn. smatter, sprinkling |
| | | งู ๆ ปลา ๆ | [ngū-ngū plā-plā] (adv) EN: having a smattering of knowledge ; a little bit ; not much ; rudimentary |
| | | smatter | (v) speak with spotty or superficial knowledge | smattering | (n) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject |
| Smatter | v. i. [ OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver. ] 1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. [ 1913 Webster ] Of state affairs you can not smatter. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. [ 1913 Webster ] | Smatter | v. t. 1. To talk superficially about. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] | Smatter | n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering. [ 1913 Webster ] | Smatterer | n. One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist. [ 1913 Webster ] | Smattering | n. A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism. [ 1913 Webster ] I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 食い齧る | [くいかじる, kuikajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to nibble at; (2) to have a smattering of knowledge [Add to Longdo] | 生噛じり;生齧り;生かじり | [なまかじり, namakajiri] (n, vs) (1) superficial knowledge; smattering; (2) dabbler; dilettante; (3) dipping into [Add to Longdo] | 生兵法 | [なまびょうほう, namabyouhou] (n) crude tactics; smattering of knowledge [Add to Longdo] | 半可通 | [はんかつう, hankatsuu] (adj-na, n) superficial knowledge; smatterer [Add to Longdo] | 聞き齧る | [ききかじる, kikikajiru] (v5r, vt) to have a smattering knowledge of [Add to Longdo] | 片言 | [へんげん, hengen] (n, adj-no) (See 片言・へんげん・1, ぺらぺら・1) prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering [Add to Longdo] | 齧る;噛る;囓る | [かじる, kajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of; (2) to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument) [Add to Longdo] |
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