• vi. 玩弄；閑蕩；輕率地對待
• vt. 浪費（時間）
• n. (Dally)人名；(法、葡、英)達利

詞源不詳。可能來自法語dalier, 自娛自樂，游蕩，詞源同delay.

dally (v.)

c. 1300, "to talk, converse," possibly from Anglo-French dalier "to amuse oneself," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "waste time" emerged by late 14c. Related: Dallied; dallying.

1. He did not dally over the choice of a partner.

他沒有在選擇合伙人的問題上浪費時間。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Don't dally: we must move on.

別耽誤時間了,我們得繼續趕路.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Don't dilly - dally ! Make up your mind!

別磨蹭了! 拿定主意罷!

來自辭典例句

4. How can you dally with such a serious problem?

你怎么可以輕率地對待如此嚴肅的問題?

來自辭典例句

5. You should not dally away your time.

你不應該浪費時間.

來自辭典例句