dibber
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdɪb.ər/ us/ˈdɪb.ɚ/
(also dibble)掘穴器，挖穴小手铲;打洞器
a tool used for making holes in soil when planting seeds or small plants
Insert your cuttings, with a dibber, into pots containing a light, gritty compost. 用一把小手铲，将枝条插入装有肥力较轻的砂质堆肥的花盆中。
（在定向越野运动中使用的）电子记录器（以记录到达特定点的时间）
an electronic tool used in orienteering (= a competitive activity in which you find your way using a map and compass) for recording the times when you reach particular points
To start your orienteering course, you need to find the start triangle and punch in your dibber to get your start time. 定向越野开始的时候，你需要找到用三角形表示的起点，并在电子记录器上按键记录出发时间。
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- This is a practical traditional stainless steel garden set, which contains a wooden handled trowel, fork and dibber.
- Pick each seedling up gently by one seed leaf and drop it into the hole made ready for it by your dibber.
- Hold a seedling by its leaves, not the stem which is easily crushed, and ease it from the soil with the thin end of a dibber.
- You are given a map, compass and a dibber, which you plug into each control point to prove you've found it.
- We all take turns in putting the dibber in, and by the fifth control point feel quite confident.