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dilly-dally

/dil-ee-dal-ee, -dal-/US // ˈdɪl iˌdæl i, -ˈdæl- //UK // (ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ) //

磨磨蹭蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨磨蹭蹭地,磨磨蹭蹭地走

Related Words

trifle小事一桩,琐事,小事,区区小事loaf一块面包,一块面饼,一块钱,一块蛋糕vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的stall摊位,档期,档口,摊开loiter闲逛,徘徊,游荡,徜徉dally调戏,调皮捣蛋,调剂,调侃fritter油炸物,油炸食品,油炸食物,油炸品

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dil·ly·dal·lied, dil·ly·dal·ly·ing.

    • : to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbwaste time
Synonyms
dawdle磨磨蹭蹭,磨蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨蹭了delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误hesitate犹豫不决,犹豫,迟疑不决,踌躇不决linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前loiter闲逛,徘徊,游荡,徜徉meander蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒前进,蜿蜒曲折地前进,蜿蜒曲折地走着mosey摩西,莫西,摩斯,莫西的procrastinate拖延时间,拖延,拖拖拉拉,迟迟不动vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说move slowly缓慢移动,缓缓移动,缓缓前行

Examples

  • After showing promise, she was plucked out and sent to Bletchley to work in the research unit run by Dilly Knox.

  • After all, flu dilly-dallied last season, barely making a peep.

  • Why dilly-dally with teenage angst when you can bring on the Giant Robots, that was my motto.

  • Why, it's six thousand feet up here, and the wind don't monkey and dally around, hit gits right down to business.

  • Sire and sons returned from the cemetery invigorated for their dally labours.

  • He quite knew that to dally with the piano-player while smoking a high-class cigar was to insult the cigar.

  • When we entered Mr. Dilly's drawing room, he found himself in the midst of a company he did not know.

  • As the tent was found to encroach partly on the same crevasse, it may be imagined that we did not dally long over the meal.

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