dawdles

英 [ˈdɔːdlz]

美 [ˈdɔːdlz]

v.  拖延; 磨蹭; 游荡
dawdle的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛;游荡
  If youdawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
     如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
  2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
     他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
• VERB 慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
  If youdawdle oversomething, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
  1. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...
     银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
  2. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
     我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。

双语例句

• He dawdles the hours away watching television.
  他把时间都荒废在看电视上了。
• My sister dawdles over the dishes.
  我的妹妹刷盘子磨磨蹭蹭的。
• To catch up with the US, China will have to grow extremely fast while the US economy dawdles, which most economists believe is unlikely, said the article.
  文章称，如果要超过美国，中国的经济必须急速发展，而美国的经济则是原地踏步。大多数经济学者认为这是不大可能的。
• He is often dawdles at work.
  他工作时常常泡蘑菇。