dawdle
英['dɔːdl]
美['dɔːdl]
TEM8 GRE
Verb:
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take one's time; proceed slowly
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waste time;
"Get busy--don't dally!"
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hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't dawdle , the young head is soon white.
- 莫等闲, 白了少年头.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Look smart, don't dawdle about like that.
- 快一点, 别这么拖拖拉拉!
来自辞典例句
- 4. There're only the minutes left; don't dawdle over your window shopping.
- 只剩下10分钟了, 你别再磨磨蹭蹭地看那些橱窗了.
来自互联网
- 5. 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.
来自互联网
用作动词 (v.)
- Look sharp! Do not dawdle about like that.
快点!别这么磨磨蹭蹭了。
- Look smart! Don't always dawdle about like that!
快一点!别总是那么拖拖拉拉!
- He dawdles the hours away watching television.
他把时间都荒废在看电视上了。
- 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。
- 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。