dawdle

英 [ˈdɔːdl]

美 [ˈdɔːdl]

v.  拖延; 磨蹭; 游荡

现在分词：dawdling　过去式：dawdled　第三人称单数：dawdles　过去分词：dawdled　复数：dawdles　

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BNC.23697 / COCA.20624

牛津词典

verb

• 拖延；磨蹭；游荡
  to take a long time to do sth or go somewhere
  1. Stop dawdling! We're going to be late!
     别磨蹭了，咱们快迟到了！
  2. They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.
     他们沿河边闲逛，一路谈笑风生。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛;游荡
  If youdawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
     如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
  2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
     他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
• VERB 慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
  If youdawdle oversomething, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
  1. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...
     银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
  2. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
     我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。

英英释义

verb

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  Synonym:lagfall backfall behind
• waste time
  1. Get busy--don't dally!
  Synonym:dally
• take one's time
  Synonym:linger

双语例句

• I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.
  我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间了。
• To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
  虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）
• And when she graces him with a light, brushing kiss, he doesn't dawdle in accepting it.
  而当她向他施以一个又轻又快的吻时，他在接受时也不会表现出漫不经心的态度。
• Or the assistant and she dawdle, men, or had to go home to bring the cat cat food to buy.
  还是那个售货员，男子又与她磨蹭了半天，结果还是不得不回家把猫带来才买到了猫食。
• Now I was dawdle, because I can not simply about my life, because I fit a child, one day at it, I hope the world is, unfortunately, women are equally able to usher in the spring of their own.
  现在的我就是在混日子，因为我根本左右不了我的生活，因为我放不下孩子，过一天算一天吧，希望天下不幸的女人都同样能迎来属于自己的春天。
• They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
  他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
• "Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood," I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."
  “噢，祖母，我非常害怕！”小红帽哭泣道。“我以后不会在和陌生人聊天或在森林里游荡了。”
• To move ina leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle.
  闲荡悠闲地无目地移动；闲逛。
• Don't squander the gold of your days. To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
  别虚掷你的寸金光阴吧。虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）
• Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle
  如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。