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混日子；闲混；虚度光阴
footling — present participle of footle
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混日子；闲混；虚度光阴
To waste time or trifle.
Stop footling and get to work!
别再说傻话了，开始干活吧！
浪费时间；闲混
To waste time; to trifle.
胡说八道
To talk nonsense.
footle
Base
原形
footles
3rd person
第三人称单数
footling
-ing
现在分词
footled
Past
过去式
footled
Past participle
过去分词
He often footles around instead of working.
他经常闲逛而不工作。
She footled away the whole afternoon yesterday.
她昨天整个下午都在瞎混。
Stop footling and get to work!
别再闲混了，开始工作！
动词规则变化，意为闲混或说傻话。
He spent the whole afternoon footling around instead of studying.
他整个下午都在瞎混，而不是学习。
She footled with the buttons on her coat, avoiding eye contact.
她笨拙地摆弄着外套上的纽扣，避免目光接触。
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