doodle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++doo·dle /ˈduːdl/ verb [intransitive] AVDRAWto draw shapes, lines, or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing 〔心不在焉地〕乱涂，乱画 Brad was doodling on a sheet of paper. 布拉德在一张纸上乱涂着。► see thesaurus at draw —doodle noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
doodle• She doodled a lot when she was bored, filling her notes with stars and planets.• She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her.• Margo was doodling on a legal pad.• Simon was lying on the floor, doodling on a sheet of paper.• The more tenured civil servants doodled on coarse notepads; the senior staff dozed.• Most of them doodle on the pieces of paper they are given.• I always doodle while I'm talking on the phone.• She drifted slowly over to the telephone, most people doodled while they talked, and Roman proved no exception.• We step past Calvin who doodles with a twig in the dust, and make our way towards the car.• She started to doodle with the tape as accompaniment.• You write text, you doodle, you cross things out... quite literally a tabula rasa.Origin doodle (1600-1700) Perhaps from doodle “to make fun of”, from Low German dudeltopf “stupid person”doo·dle verbChineseSyllable
Corpus thinking draw patterns without about lines, shapes, or to really
doodle
doo‧dle /ˈduːdl/
verb [intransitive]
Brad was doodling on a sheet of paper.
—doodle noun [countable]
▪ draw to make a picture, pattern etc using a pen or pencil: The children were asked to draw a picture of their families. | I’m going to art classes to learn how to draw.
▪sketch /sketʃ/ to draw a picture of something or someone quickly and without a lot of detail: Roy took a pencil and sketched the bird quickly, before it moved.
▪illustrate to draw the pictures in a book: It’s a beautiful book, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
▪doodle /ˈduːdl/ to draw shapes or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing: He was on the phone, doodling on his notepad as he spoke.
▪scribble to draw shapes or lines without making a definite picture or pattern. Small children do this before they have learned to draw or write: At the age of two, she loved scribbling with crayons and coloured pencils.
▪trace to copy a picture by putting a piece of thin paper over it and drawing the lines that you can see through the paper: First trace the map, and then copy it into your workbooks.
doo‧dle /ˈduːdl/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Perhaps from doodle 'to make fun of', from Low German dudeltopf 'stupid person'
to draw shapes, lines, or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing:Origin: Perhaps from doodle 'to make fun of', from Low German dudeltopf 'stupid person'
—doodle noun [countable]
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