dawdle
US: /ˈdɔdəɫ/
UK: /dˈɔːdəl/
UK: /dˈɔːdəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dawdle /'dɔ:dl/
- ngoại động từ
- lãng phí (thời gian)
- to dawdle away one's time: lãng phí thời gian
- lãng phí (thời gian)
- nội động từ
- lêu lỏng, đi nhởn, la cà lãng phí thời gian
- làm chậm chạp, đà đẫn, lần nữa, dây dưa
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[V] [usually +adv./prep.] to take a long time to do sth or go somewhere: Stop dawdling! We're going to be late! + They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
linger, loiter, straggle, delay, procrastinate, dally, lounge, laze, idle, lag, lie about, waste time, Colloq dilly-dally, shilly-shally:
We have to catch the next train, so stop dawdling.
Concise English dictionary
dawdles|dawdled|dawdling'dɔːdl
verb
+take one's time; proceed slowly
+waste time
+hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
