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frittering

/frit-er/US // ˈfrɪt ər //UK // (ˈfrɪtə) //

挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍,漂浮不定

Related Words

lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的misspend乱花钱,误花钱,误花,乱花钱的squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉dissipate涣散,消散,放浪形骸,放浪blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹trifle小事一桩,琐事,小事,区区小事consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的dally调戏,调皮捣蛋,调剂,调侃frivol轻浮,轻薄,轻佻,轻飘飘的go through经历,经历过,经过,翻阅run through贯穿,穿过,贯穿始终,贯穿了throw away扔掉,扔掉了,丢弃,扔掉的cast away抛开,丢弃,扔掉,丢掉

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little: to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
    • : to break or tear into small pieces or shreds.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, etc.: to watch one's fortune fritter away.
    • : to separate or break into fragments: a plastic material having a tendency to fritter.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small piece, fragment, or shred.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbwaste away
Synonyms
dissipate涣散,消散,放浪形骸,放浪lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的misspend乱花钱,误花钱,误花,乱花钱的squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的dally调戏,调皮捣蛋,调剂,调侃frivol轻浮,轻薄,轻佻,轻飘飘的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的trifle小事一桩,琐事,小事,区区小事be wasteful with铺张浪费,浪费,大肆挥霍,大肆铺张浪费cast away抛开,丢弃,扔掉,丢掉diddle away磨蹭,玩弄,磨蹭了,磨蹭了半天go through经历,经历过,经过,翻阅run through贯穿,穿过,贯穿始终,贯穿了spend like water花钱如流水,挥霍如水,挥金如土,挥霍无度throw away扔掉,扔掉了,丢弃,扔掉的

Examples

  • Try the pumpkin fritters at Farnsworth House in Gettysburg as you count the more than 100 bullet holes that riddle the Civil War–period building.

  • The Spring Pea Fritter came with a smooth hummus-like dipping sauce for the melt-in-your mouth fritters.

  • Fry until the bottom of each fritter is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.

  • Repeat, flattening each to an even thickness, until the skillet is full, with about an inch between the fritters.

  • Fry on hot greased griddle, taking one spoonful batter for each fritter, or fry in deep hot fat.

  • Stir into plain fritter batter, and drop by spoonfuls into deep hot fat, turning gently until brown.

  • They fear the worst, dread failure, dampen their own confidence, and therefore fritter away their own energy.

  • Louise and Winona had become so excited about their dinner by this time that a mere fritter-sauce was nothing.

  • I repeat that you fritter away your talents and your opportunities upon this miserable task-work on a journal.

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