footle

['fu:tl]

vi. 胡闹, 浪费(时间)
n. 愚蠢, 胡话

例句与用法：

I wish he would not footle about so much.

我希望他不要这样混日子。

词形变化：

名词: footler | 动词过去式: footled | 动词过去分词: footled | 动词现在分词: footling | 动词第三人称单数: footles |

n.

【俚】傻话; 蠢事

vi.

【俚】说傻话; 干蠢事

footle

过去式：footled

过去分词：footled

现在进行时：footling

词形变化：

名词: footler | 动词过去式: footled | 动词过去分词: footled | 动词现在分词: footling | 动词第三人称单数: footles |

词义辨析：

同义:

v.做傻事

caper

prance

frisk

gambol

joke

jest

clown

giggle

titter

twitter

v.说傻话

gibber

blather

drivel

drool

prate

n.愚行

nonsense

foolishness

silliness

footle['fu:tl]vi.1.■[口语]说傻话，干傻事，干蠢事n.1.■[口语]愚蠢；蠢话；蠢举，愚蠢的举动；傻事adj.1.■不重要的，无价值的变形vi.footledfootling

1. [no obj.](chiefly Brit.)engage in fruitless activity; mess about
   (主英)混日子，白费时间；闲混
   where's that pesky creature that was footling about outside?.
   刚才在外面瞎转悠的讨厌家伙在哪儿？。
   

1. late 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect footer 'idle, potter about', from 16th-cent. foutre 'worthless thing', from Old French, literally 'have sexual intercourse with'
   

footle

动词 footle:

be about

同义词：loiter, lounge, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

footle

■from head to footl

从头到脚; 全身; 完全

■God forbid that he would footle about so much.

但愿上帝保佑火山爆发不要毁掉村子。

■1. I wish he would not footle about so much.

我希望他不要这样混日子。

■footle about all day

整天瞎混

■footle n.

梦话；做笨事；胡闹；