| 词汇 | dilly-dally |
| 释义 | dilly-dally verb[ I ] old-fashionedinformaluk /ˈdɪl.iˌdæl.i/ us /ˈdɪl.iˌdæl.i/ to waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision: 磨蹭;犹豫不决 Don't dilly-dally - just get your bags and let's go!别犹豫了——干脆拿上东西我们一起走吧！ Synonyms procrastinate stall to move slowly crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling. trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes. creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow. strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest. ambleHe ambled over to the window. Hesitating backward broken English dither ditherer dithery halting haltingly hang hang back have a foot in both campsidiom haw hesitancy hesitant hesitantly hesitate hesitatingly hum pussyfoot shilly-shally sit on the fenceidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Delaying and wasting time Examples of dilly-dallydilly-dally This country will have an unrivalled opportunity to see what it can make of its young people in the next few years if we do not dilly-dally on the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want no dilly-dally and delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If, on the other hand, we dilly-dally during this precious time, we will lose out and other countries will be only too ready to fill the gap. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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