dallied

英 [ˈdælid]

美 [ˈdælid]

v.  蹉跎(时光); 延误; 拖拉
dally的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 慢吞吞地做;拖延
  If youdally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
  1. The bureaucrats dallied too long...
     这些官僚拖拉了太久。
  2. He did not dally over the choice of a partner.
     他没有在选择合伙人的问题上浪费时间。
• VERB 调情;挑逗
  If someonedallies withyou, they have a romantic, but not serious, relationship with you.
  1. In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.
     他过去曾与许多女演员和女小说家调情。

双语例句

• The speaker dallied with his pen nervously.
  讲话的人神经质地摆弄着手中的钢笔。
• Microsoft has dallied with hardware before with mixed results.
  微软以前也曾尝试过硬件，其结果好坏参半。
• We dallied away the whole day.
  我们就在嬉戏中耗去了整整一天的时间。
• The children dallied in the lane.
  孩子们在巷子里游荡。
• He is not a man to be dallied with.
  他不是一个可以戏弄的人。
• He dallied with the proposal of his secretary.
  他不慎重考虑秘书的建议。
• 12-17 But she dallied, first on the terrace and then on the way across the park.
  但是她磨磨蹭蹭，先是在阳台上，然后在去公园的路上。
• The bureaucrats dallied too long
  这些官僚拖拉了太久。
• It is also used to cement political ties among African countries that have dallied with recognition of Taiwan.
  它们还被用于巩固中国与可能承认台湾的非洲国家之间的关系。
• He had occasionally dallied with the idea of starting his own business, but he had never actually done anything about it.
  他偶尔也想过开创自己的事业，却从没真正为此做点努力。