dawdle
/ˈdɔːdl/verb
no obj.
1- waste time; be slow浪费时间, 拖延, 磨蹭：
I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.
我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间了。
1.1
- with adverbial of direction move slowly and idly in a particular direction闲逛：
Ruth dawdled back through the wood.
露丝悠闲地穿过树林走了回来。
派生词
dawdler
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: related to dialect daddle, doddle 'dally'.