fritter

FREQ #35379

vt. 浪费, 细切, 剁碎 n. 细片, 屑

发音

UK /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈfɹɪtɚ/
US /ˈfɹɪɾɚ/

词形变化

fritters 复数 fritters frittered frittering fritters 三单 frittering 现在分词 frittered 过去式 frittered 过去分词

别名

flitter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.

  2. 2.

    A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

v.
  1. 1.

    To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

    不及物

    I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.

    He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.

    It is quite possible to fritter one's life away in answer to the endless calls of others.

  2. 2.

    To sinter.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To break into small pieces or fragments.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

friedcake

下位词 1

apple fritter
动词

同义词 5

shoot fool dissipate fool away fritter away

上位词 4

waste consume ware squander

相关短语

fritter away 消磨 apple fritter 炸苹果饼

词源

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.

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