dawdling

英 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

v.  拖延; 磨蹭; 游荡
dawdle的现在分词

现在分词：dawdling　

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。

英英释义

noun

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
  Synonym:dalliancetrifling

双语例句

• Stop dawdling and get on with your work.
  快干吧，别蹭时间了。
• I'll starving and you're still dawdling.
  我都饥肠辘辘了，你还磨磨蹭蹭的。
• Xiao has been estranged from his roommate and former buddy because he was short-tempered with him for dawdling before leaving for classes.
  肖已经和他以前的好朋友兼室友疏远了，因为室友去上课之前磨磨蹭蹭让他受不了。
• He has been dawdling his time away.
  他中直在虚度光阴。
• Come along now, let's have no more dawdling.
  快些，别再东游西荡了。
• If you go dawdling like this, when will you ever be able to finish?
  你这么抠抠搜搜的，什么时候才办完？
• He is dawdling behind, not wanting to catch up.
  他慢慢地走在后面，不想赶上来。
• Stop dawdling and hurry up: we're late.
  别磨磨蹭蹭了，快点儿吧：咱们晚了。
• It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.
  都是你老磨蹭，害得我们迟到了。
• When on earth will we finish if we keep on dawdling like this?
  这么拖下去，驴年马月才能干完？