If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
例句
Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...如果不閑蕩的話，埃莉諾隨時都會回來。They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.他們手挽手慢悠悠地逛過一家家店面。
VERB
慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
If you dawdle over something, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
例句
He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...銀行職員慢吞吞地給他兌現(xiàn)支票，他憋了一肚子氣。She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.我慢悠悠地呷著一杯散裝啤酒的工夫她已經(jīng)灌下了兩杯白葡萄酒。
英漢詞典釋義
vt. & vi.
混(時間)
Billy dawdled behind her all morning.比利整個上午都跟在她后面閑混。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. take one's time; proceed slowly
2. waste time;
"Get busy--don't dally!"
3. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.