daw·dle /ˈdɔdḷ/
(vi.)(vt.)遊手好閒,混日子
Daw·dle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawdled p. pr. & vb. n. Dawdling ] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. --Johnson.
We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray.
Daw·dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
dawdle
v 1: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger] [ant: rush]
2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally]
3: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
development, etc. [syn: lag, fall back, fall behind]