Each of us had two dabs of butter.我们每人吃了两小块黄油.He made a few dabs at the fence with the paint but didn't really paint it.他用颜料轻刷栅栏,但一点也没刷上.He dabs his leg with a brush.他用刷子轻拍他的腿....
Other metals have suffered a similar clobbering.其它金属价格亦遭受了同样的痛击.A clobbering now would probably make them more likely to turn to an electable candidate in 2008.因此,现在的失败也许将在2008年重新为他们赢回候选席位....