| 单词 | to bugger around |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bugger around to bugger around 1. intransitive. To lounge about; to waste time; to act ineffectually; to behave in a frivolous or stupid way; = to bugger about 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1939 S. Young Sons without Anger vi. 204 What a queer fish Simpson was. Why didn't he marry this Miss What's-Her-Name Ritter and quit buggering around? 1968 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 12 Let's not bugger around being polite. 1993 G. Brown Pinpoint xx. 143 I don't like you buggering around with my ex-wife. 2003 S. Mawer Fall (2004) xxi. 352 It was almost dark and I went too far over to the left and ended up buggering around on the upper part of the glacier. 2. intransitive. To interfere or meddle with; = to bugger about 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle entermeenec1449 intermit1456 intromit?a1475 intermeddle1477 intromeddle1524 to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542 to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542 to have a hand in the dish1551 pudder1624 mird?c1625 to mell or make with1634 potter1655 dabble1660 meddle1711 interfere1743 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1961 1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 198 This girl's all right, Don, and you're buggering around with her life. 1979 B. Donoughue Diary 8 Jan. in Downing St. Diary (2008) II. 417 Healey..said that we had ‘buggered around with industry more than any country in the world’. 2006 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Mag. section) 39 I'm a big fan of not buggering around with wine too much. I strongly believe the best wines are made with minimal intervention. 3. transitive. To cause (someone) difficulty or inconvenience, esp. by acting unfairly or indecisively; to interfere or meddle with (something); = to bugger about 1 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > affect with inconvenience [verb (transitive)] trouble1516 misease1530 incommodatea1575 inconveniencea1656 run1697 incommode1702 disannul1794 disconvenience1821 to put about1825 to put out1851 to jerk around1877 to bugger about1921 to dick around1944 to fuck around1955 to bugger around1961 to screw around1967 to fuck about1975 to cock around1990 to dick about1996 to cock about2009 1961 ‘T. Hinde’ For Good of Company v. 56 It [sc. the draft of a speech] was properly buggered around when it came back. 1966 R. Berry Full-time Amateur ii. 29 White-collared cranks..with..no idea how to pick eleven balanced players. They buggered me around good and proper. 1977 A. Fugard No-Good Friday i, in Township Plays (1993) 6 I know I play well... But how does that help me? I still get buggered around. 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Sport section) 9 By the way, thanks very much for buggering me around like this just before a really important race. < as lemmas |
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