| 词组 | dally |
| 释义 | dally 1. adjective good, kind, nice, sweet. Possibly a variation of DOLLY (attractive) UK, 2002 2. verb in western Canadian rodeos, to loop the lariat around the saddle horn CANADA, 1987 Dally Ⅰ noun a New Zealander whose heritage is Croatian (Dalmatian) NEW ZEALAND, 1950 Ⅱ ⇨ Dallie; Dally noun a Dalmatian, especially an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general NEW ZEALAND, 1940 dally with 1. dally with sth to consider an idea or plan but not in a very serious way: We've been dallying with the idea of moving our offices to Cambridge. Both parties have been dallying with economic reform.■ SIMILAR TO: play around/about with, toy with2. dally with sb old-fashioned to have a short romantic or sexual relationship with someone, without having serious feelings for them that are likely to last: Tristram didn't want everyone to know he'd been dallying with one of the servant girls. She accused the major of dallying with her affections.■ SIMILAR TO: play around/about dally over (something)To waste time rather than work diligently on something. If you keep dallying over this book report, you'll be up all night! dally with (one)To flirt with one. Oh, don't pay any attention to Nick—he dallies with every girl that comes into the store. dilly-dally (around) with (someone or something)To waste time with someone or something. You spent so much time dilly-dallying with your friends that now you'll be up all night writing that paper. dally over somethingto waste time or take too long doing something. Don't dally over your food. Eat your dinner. I wish you wouldn't dally over your homework. dally with someoneto flirt with someone; to waste time with someone of the opposite sex. (Old.) Sam is dallying with that Johnson girl again. Stop dallying with her and get back to your studies! dilly-dally (around) with someone or somethingto waste time frivolously with someone or something. Stop dilly dallying around with your friends. He is always dilly-dallying around with his work. |
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