英语词汇“to fool along”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. intransitive. To undertake an action, venture, etc., in an aimless, inattentive, or dilatory manner.

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1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life viii. 124 I lived to see these times, which I should not have done if I had kept fooling along in war.

1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 44 You get a government contract for a few thousand pounds and you fool along with it, selling what you make to these drug men at a bigger price.

1901 A. B. Paine Van Dwellers xii. 167 We did not like to fool along this way, an eighth up and an eighth, or a quarter down, and all uncertainty and tension.

1996 CNN (Nexis) 19 June I've waited all this time, and now are they going to fool along with the trial.

2. intransitive. To move or travel in an unhurried, leisurely way.

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1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 285 You turn back and fool along slow, so as to get to the house about the time you ought to.

1934 H. Vines Green Thicket World 20 They fooled along and did not much try to reach the ferryman's house.

1982 D. Francis Twice Shy (2010) 55 He had been fooling along in second gear, believing no doubt that a gun was enough.

单词	to fool along
释义	> as lemmas to fool along to fool along Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. intransitive. To undertake an action, venture, etc., in an aimless, inattentive, or dilatory manner. ΚΠ 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life viii. 124 I lived to see these times, which I should not have done if I had kept fooling along in war. 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 44 You get a government contract for a few thousand pounds and you fool along with it, selling what you make to these drug men at a bigger price. 1901 A. B. Paine Van Dwellers xii. 167 We did not like to fool along this way, an eighth up and an eighth, or a quarter down, and all uncertainty and tension. 1996 CNN (Nexis) 19 June I've waited all this time, and now are they going to fool along with the trial. 2. intransitive. To move or travel in an unhurried, leisurely way. ΚΠ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 285 You turn back and fool along slow, so as to get to the house about the time you ought to. 1934 H. Vines Green Thicket World 20 They fooled along and did not much try to reach the ferryman's house. 1982 D. Francis Twice Shy (2010) 55 He had been fooling along in second gear, believing no doubt that a gun was enough. extracted from foolv. < as lemmas
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