dawdle
中文来自 ECDICT
- v.
- 游手好闲，混日子
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←中古低地德语 dȫdelen “to dawdle”
词源说明
The verb is possibly:
a variant of daddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk or work slowly, dawdle, saunter, trifle”) or doddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk feebly or slowly, dawdle, idle, saunter, stroll”), possibly influenced by daw (“(Britain, dialectal) lazy, good-for-nothing person, sluggard”); or
borrowed from Middle Low German dȫdelen (“to dawdle”), related to Saterland Frisian döädelje (“to dawdle”); compare also German daddeln (“to play”), German verdaddeln (“to waste (time), neglect, ruin”). All of these words are assumed to be of imitative origin.
The noun is derived from the verb.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]
- (intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]
- (intransitive) To move or walk