dilly-dally

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate. intransitive
    — It is something to have been an old soldier, but more still to have been a doctor. There is no time to dilly-dally in our work.

词形变化

dilly-dallies present,singular,third-person dilly-dallying participle,present dilly-dallied participle,past dilly-dallied past dilly dally alternative dillydally alternative

词源

Reduplication of dally.
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