单词 | dally |
释义 | dallyWord family noundalliancedallierverbdally dal·ly /ˈdæli/ verb (dallied, dallying, dallies) [intransitiveI] 1 SLOWto take too long to do something, especially to make a decision 磨蹭,拖拉 After months of dallying, the government has finally agreed to allow the plan to go ahead. 拖了几个月后,政府终于同意实施这个方案。 2 SPEND TIMEto spend some time in a place, on your way to somewhere else 〔途中〕逗留 He dallied in the Lake District for a while, then crossed to Belgium. 他在湖区稍作停留,然后穿过海峡到达比利时。 3 dally with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) THINK ABOUTto do something or think about something, but not in a very serious way 随便地做;不十分认真地考虑 They’ve dallied with the idea of touring round the world. 他们有过环游世界的念头,但只是想想而已。 b) RELATIONSHIP old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone, but not in a serious way 与有…一段随便的感情 Examples from the Corpus dally• Marshall complained that lawmakers dallied too long on major legislation. (1300-1400) Anglo-French dalier |
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