dawdle

verb

/ˈdɔːdl/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they dawdle	/ˈdɔːdl/ /ˈdɔːdl/
he / she / it dawdles	/ˈdɔːdlz/ /ˈdɔːdlz/
past simple dawdled	/ˈdɔːdld/ /ˈdɔːdld/
past participle dawdled	/ˈdɔːdld/ /ˈdɔːdld/
-ing form dawdling	/ˈdɔːdlɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːdlɪŋ/

to take a long time to do something or go somewhere拖延；磨蹭；游荡
- Stop dawdling! We're going to be late!别磨蹭了，咱们快迟到了！
- + adv./prep. They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.他们沿河边闲逛，一路谈笑风生。
词源mid 17th cent.: related to dialect daddle, doddle ‘dally’.