v.磨蹭；浪費時間；閑逛

Look sharp! Do not dawdle about like that. 快點！別這么磨磨蹭蹭了。

Look smart! Don't always dawdle about like that! 快一點！別總是那么拖拖拉拉！

He dawdles the hours away watching television. 他把時間都荒廢在看電視上了。

Don't dawdle over your clothing. You're so beautiful already. 不要再在衣著上花費時間了，你已經(jīng)夠漂亮的了。

Students scurry around campus during the bleak winter months; they rarely dawdle. 蕭瑟的冬季里,校園中學(xué)生行色匆匆,少有人漫游閑逛。