dawdle

FREQ #30657

v. 游手好闲, 混日子

发音

UK /ˈdɔːdl̩/
其它
US /ˈdɔdl̩/
UK /ˈdɒdl̩/
/ˈdɑdl̩/

词形变化

dawdles 复数 dawdled dawdles 三单 dawdles dawdleth dawdling dawdling 现在分词 dawdled 过去式 dawdled 过去分词 dawdlest dawdledst 过去式 dawdleth 三单 dawdled 复数

别名

doddle daudle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.

  2. 2.

    An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).

  4. 1.

    Alternative spelling of doddle (“a job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple”).

v.
  1. 1.

    Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.

    磨

    及物

    to dawdle away the whole morning

  2. 2.

    To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.

    蹭

    麦

    夌

    磨蹭

    蘑菇

    磨叽

    夋

    咪咪摸摸

    咪摸

    挨丝挠倚

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To move or walk lackadaisically.

    磨磨蹭蹭

    不及物

    If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

linger lag fallback dally fall behind

上位词 10

do move follow act carry bear behave conduct deport acquit

下位词 6

drag trail drop back drop behind get behind hang back

参见 1

fall

词源

The verb is possibly: * a variant of daddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk or work slowly, dawdle, saunter, trifle”) or doddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk feebly or slowly, dawdle, idle, saunter, stroll”), possibly influenced by daw (“(Britain, dialectal) lazy, good-for-nothing person, sluggard”); or * borrowed from Middle Low German dȫdelen (“to dawdle”), related to Saterland Frisian döädelje (“to dawdle”); compare also German daddeln (“to play”), German verdaddeln (“to waste (time), neglect, ruin”). All of these words are assumed to be of imitative origin. The noun is derived from the verb.

来源：wiktionary