dawdle

英 ['dɔːdl] 美 ['dɔːdl]

• v. 磨蹭；浪费时间；闲逛

英英释义

Verb:

1. take one's time; proceed slowly

2. waste time;

   "Get busy--don't dally!"
   

3. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Look sharp! Do not dawdle about like that.
   快点！别这么磨磨蹭蹭了。
2. Look smart! Don't always dawdle about like that!
   快一点！别总是那么拖拖拉拉！
3. He dawdles the hours away watching television.
   他把时间都荒废在看电视上了。
4. Don't dawdle over your clothing. You're so beautiful already.
   不要再在衣着上花费时间了，你已经够漂亮的了。
5. Students scurry around campus during the bleak winter months; they rarely dawdle.
   萧瑟的冬季里,校园中学生行色匆匆,少有人漫游闲逛。

经典引文

• The breakfast..was the one ceremony of the day over which she dawdled and lingered.

  出自： Henry Miller

• While our reproductive systems raced ahead, our brain-growth dawdled behind.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• dawdle over 慢吞吞地做

近反义词

【近义词】

• loiter 闲荡
• linger 徘徊
• tarry 耽搁
• dally 浪费时间
• lag 落后
• delay 耽搁
• idle 无目的
• dillydally 磨蹭
• fall behind 落后
• plod 沉重地走
• waste time 浪费时间
• hang around 闲荡
• hang about 闲荡
• dilly-dally 磨蹭
• fiddle 小提琴
• shilly-shally 犹豫不决
• while 当 ... 的时候...
• lag behind 落后
• kill time 消磨时间
• fritter away 浪费(时间等）...
• procrastinate 延迟
• stall 栅栏
• fall back 后退