单词	dawdle
释义	dawdledaw‧dle /ˈdɔːdl $ ˈdɒː-/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE dawdle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they dawdle he, she, it dawdles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they dawdled Present perfect I, you, we, they have dawdled he, she, it has dawdled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had dawdled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will dawdle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have dawdled Continuous Form Present I am dawdling he, she, it is dawdling you, we, they are dawdling Past I, he, she, it was dawdling you, we, they were dawdling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been dawdling he, she, it has been dawdling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been dawdling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be dawdling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been dawdling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Hurry up! Quit dawdling! I can't see why those guys in the office are dawdling over this. We'll never get all the shopping done today if you dawdle like this. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A child is waiting for a ride even as we dawdle at the gas station. He dawdled, afraid to say no or resist her or speak his mind. However, it would not do to dawdle. I was dawdling over dessert, still killing time, when an old friend, Rose Dikas, slid into my booth. She dawdled over her lunch, spinning out the minutes until she would see him. Suddenly conscious that he was flashing past vehicles which appeared to be dawdling, he glanced at the speedometer. When she finally dawdled into the kitchen for lunch, she brought a strong waft of cigarette smoke with her. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto do something slowly► take your time to do something slowly because you do not want to hurry, for example when you are making a decision or doing a difficult piece of work: · Just take your time. You don't have to decide immediately.take your time over/about: · Not wanting to seem too eager, Susan took her time about replying to the invitation.take your time doing something: · Alice took her time telling the story, making sure to include every detail. ► be in no hurry use this when someone is happy to do something slowly, usually because they are enjoying what they are doing and want to continue doing it: · "Do you mind if we look around a little more?" "Not at all. I'm in no hurry."be in no hurry to do something: · The sun was shining and I was in no hurry to get back to the office. ► take it slowly/take things slowly to deliberately do something slowly over a long period of time, because you will get better results if you do it that way: · Let's take it slowly, one step at a time, okay?· You've just had a serious operation - you'll have to take things slowly for the next few weeks. ► dawdle to move or work too slowly, especially because you are not really paying attention to what you are doing: · We'll never get all the shopping done today if you dawdle like this.dawdle over: · I can't see why those guys in the office are dawdling over this. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► over · She dawdled over her lunch, spinning out the minutes until she would see him.· Don't you dawdle over your breakfast then, not if you intend to make yourself useful.· Holidaymakers were dawdling over hotel breakfasts and asking themselves whether today would bring a repeat of yesterday's sunshine.· Amused by her burgeoning vanity, she dawdled over the unpacking to give Mrs Wallington plenty of unencumbered time with her son. to take a long time to do something or walk somewhere:  Don’t dawdle – we’re late already!dawdle over I dawdled over a second cup of coffee.—dawdler noun [countable]
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