dicker
/ˈdɪkə(r)/verb
no obj.
1
- engage in petty argument or bargaining小吵小闹; 讨价还价：
they have been dickering with the airline to buy a share.
他们为了参股的事和航空公司一直在讨价还价。
2
- treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something:敷衍; 玩弄：
as noun dickering there was no dickering with the lyrics.对诗歌是不能敷衍了事的。
派生词
dickerer
noun词源
early 19th cent. (originally US)： perhaps from obsolete dicker 'set of ten (hides)'， used as a unit of trade， based on Latin decem 'ten'.