dawdle
dawdle
verb
dawdler
noun
语源
verb
- [no obj.]waste time; be slow
浪费时间，拖延，磨蹭
I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.
我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间了。
■[with adverbial of direction]move slowly and idly in a particular direction
闲逛
Ruth dawdled back through the wood.
露丝悠闲地穿过树林走了回来。
dawdler
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: related to dialect daddle, doddle 'dally'
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