dawdle

英 ['d??d(?)l] 美
  • vi. 混日子;游手好閑;偷懶
  • vt. 混日子;游手好閑;浪費(fèi)時(shí)間

TEM8GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?dawdles;過去式:?dawdled;過去分詞:?dawdled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dawdling;

助記提示


1. 諧音“踱踱”----一天到晚就踱踱步混日子。
2. 諧音“多鐸”----多鐸游手好閑、混日子----多鐸這貨大家都認(rèn)識吧,他是多爾袞的親弟弟,你想象多鐸這種八旗子弟游手好閑、混日子就行了;其實(shí)多鐸是清初戰(zhàn)功卓著的親王,可以說僅次于多爾袞,但是后來染上天花掛了,只活了36歲就嗝兒屁了。

中文詞源


dawdle 拖延

來自古英語方言daddle, 游蕩,比較doodle, doddle, totter, toddle.

英文詞源


dawdle (v.)
1650s, perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, because the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c. 1775. Related: Dawdled; dawdling.

雙語例句


1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle.
如果不閑蕩的話,埃莉諾隨時(shí)都會回來。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Don't dawdle , the young head is soon white.
莫等閑, 白了少年頭.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Look smart, don't dawdle about like that.
快一點(diǎn), 別這么拖拖拉拉!

來自辭典例句

4. There're only the minutes left; don't dawdle over your window shopping.
只剩下10分鐘了, 你別再磨磨蹭蹭地看那些櫥窗了.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Don't dawdle over your clothing. You're so beautiful already.
不要再在衣著上花費(fèi)時(shí)間了, 你已經(jīng)夠漂亮的了.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)