| 释义 |
futz, v. U.S. slang.|fʌts|
[Origin uncertain; perh. alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen (Amer. Speech (1943) XVIII. 43).]
intr. To loaf, waste time, mess around.
1932J. T. Farrell Studs Lonigan (1936) iii. 56 Studs kept futzing around until Helen Shire came out with her soccer ball. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vii. 114 Sammy said, ‘..Maybe you ought to write a play too.’.. ‘I've been working on one for a couple of years,’ I said. ‘Don't futz around with it too long,’ Sammy said. 1968N. Benchley Welcome to Xanadu vi. 130 It's bad for your blood pressure to futz around like this. |