dally

dally /'dæli/
  • nội động từ
    • ve vãm, chim chuột
    • đùa giỡn, coi như chuyện đùa
    • đà đẫn lãng phí thì giờ; lần lữa; dây dưa
      • to dally over one's work: dây dưa trong công việc
    • (+ with) lẩn tránh (ai, việc gì)
    • ngoại động từ
      • làm mất, bỏ phí
        • to dally away one's time: bỏ phí thời gian
        • to dally away one's opportunity: bỏ lỡ cơ hội

    Xem thêm: toy, play, flirt, dawdle, chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash, trifle, play



    dally

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • behave carelessly or indifferently; toy, play, flirt

      Play about with a young girl's affection

    • waste time; dawdle

      Get busy--don't dally!

    • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

      The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries

      My husband never flirts with other women

    • consider not very seriously; trifle, play

      He is trifling with her

      She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    dallies|dallied|dallying
    syn.: dawdle delay lag linger loiter