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

• Some say that gives lawmakers incentive to do what a discouraged electorate expects: dawdle, even as California collapses.
  有人说，让国会议员奖励做什么劝阻选民期望：混日子，尽管加州崩溃。
• 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。
• I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.
  我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间了。
• They do not dawdle long, but talk as they move.
  他们不会长时间闲逛，边走边讲电话。
• 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。
• 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。
• Optimize the structure of industry and implement the industrial policy that low energy consumption, low electricity dawdle;
  优化产业结构，实行低能耗、低电耗的产业政策；
• 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。
• Look smart! Don't always dawdle about like that!
  快一点！别总是那么拖拖拉拉！
• 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。