footling
/foot-ling/US // ˈfʊt lɪŋ //UK // (ˈfuːtlɪŋ) //
徒步,徒步旅行,徒步行走,徒步走
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Informal.
- : foolish; silly: ridiculous, footling remarks.
- : trifling or useless.
Examples
Ive repeated to myself over and over again exactly what I want to say to you, and now all Id prepared seems rather footling.
If you ask me, I should call it a simply footling show—but you were long enough over it.
Seems as if everything were too small and footling to matter.
Still jumping, I said to myself: 'What in the name of glory are those asses right and left footling about?
Only a couple of days ago I was compelled to take him off a case because his handling of it was so footling.
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