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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. 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.