| 单词 | dilly dally |
| 释义 | (verb) Definition to dawdle or waste time (informal) Synonyms delay If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up. hesitate She hesitated, debating whether to answer the phone. linger Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until midnight. potter hover We hover between great hopes and great fears. falter I have not faltered in my quest for a new future. waver Some military commanders wavered over whether to support the coup. fluctuate Body temperatures can fluctuate when you are ill. trifle dither mainly British) We're still dithering over whether to go away on holiday next week. dawdle They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts. dally He did not dally long over his meal. loiter unemployed young men loitering at the entrance to the factory. vacillate She is vacillating over whether or not to marry him. procrastinate We often procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do. hum and haw shillyshally (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of dally Definition to waste time or dawdle He did not dally long over his meal. Synonyms waste time, delay, fool (about or around), linger, hang about, loiter, while away, dawdle, fritter away, procrastinate, tarry, dilly-dally (informal), drag your feet or heels in the sense of delay Definition to deliberately take longer than necessary to do something If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up. Synonyms linger, lag, loiter, dawdle, tarry, dilly-dally (informal), drag your feet or heels (informal) in the sense of dither Definition to be uncertain or indecisive We're still dithering over whether to go away on holiday next week. Synonyms vacillate, hesitate, waver, haver, falter, hum and haw, faff about (British, informal), shillyshally (informal), swither (Scottish) Nearby words of |
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