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dawdle

C1 verb

dawdle /ˈdɔdl̩/ nghĩa là lãng phí thời gian

Các nghĩa

  1. lãng phí thời gian

    Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.

    transitive

    to dawdle away the whole morning

  2. chờn vờn · la cà

    To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.

    intransitive

    Tell him, if he'll call on me, and davvdle over a diſh of tea in an afternoon, I ſhall take it kind.

    You all know when you learn with a will, and when you dawdle. There's no doubt of conscience about that, I suppose?

    However all [Wayne] Hennessey's good work went to waste on 52 minutes when he dawdled on the ball.

  3. đi uể oải

    To move or walk lackadaisically.

    intransitive

    If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.

    Blessed are the drivers who dawdleth not in the fast lane.

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