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单词 dawdle
释义 daw·dle
I. \ˈdȯdəl\ verb
(dawdled ; dawdled ; dawdling \-ȯd(ə)liŋ\ ; dawdles)
Etymology: origin unknown
intransitive verb
: to waste time in idle lingering : spend more time than is necessary or usual in doing something
 < dawdle over your work >
: loiter
 < dawdled about in the vestibule — Jane Austen >
transitive verb
: to spend fruitlessly : waste
 < dawdled my time with … symbolic logic — M.R.Cohen >
: spend lackadaisically
 < dawdle away their vacation — Angus Wilson >
 < dawdle away four years in college >
Synonyms: see delay
II. noun
(-s)
1. : dawdler
2. : the act or an instance of dawdling
 < a … dawdle over some of the book catalogs — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
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