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单词 putter
释义 putter
I. put·ter \ˈpu̇d.ə(r), -u̇tə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English puttere, from putten to put + -ere -er
1. : one that puts
 < a putter of questions >
2. : pusher 1e
II. putt·er \ˈpəd.ə(r), -ətə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: putt (III) + -er
1. : a golf club with a short shaft and almost perpendicular face that is used in putting
2. : one that putts
III. put·ter \ˈpəd.ə(r), -ətə-\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of potter (II)
1.
 a. : to move or act without plan or purpose : occupy oneself aimlessly — usually used with about or around
  < rising now and then to putter about the room — Laura Krey >
  < if he sold the business, what would he do with himself all day? Putter around — Scribner's >
 b. : to move or act slowly or lackadaisically : dawdle
  < a slow train that puttered along on a narrow-gage track — Christopher Rand >
  < you're always puttering … now I want you to hustle — Sherwood Anderson >
2. : to look casually : browse
 < it is as much fun to putter through as a family album or a municipal museum — Helen B. Woodward >
3. : to work at random : tinker
 < was puttering with a small stove — Joseph Wechsberg >
 < so enthusiastic are they about the work that they return to putter even on their days off — National Geographic >
put·ter·er \-ərə(r)\ noun -s
IV. putter intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: imit
: to proceed or operate by means of a small gasoline engine
 < motor whaleboats puttered back and forth between the anchorage and the beach — New Yorker >
 < they puttered on upon a steady course towards the west — Nevil Shute >
 < puttering motorcycles — W.H.Hale >
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