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

dallydally /ˈdæli/ verb (dallies, dallied, dallying) [intransitive] old-fashioned

ETYMOLOGYdally

Origin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French dalier

VERB TABLE

dally

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dally
	he, she, it	dallies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dallied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dallied
	he, she, it	has dallied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dallied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dally
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dallied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dallying
	he, she, it	is dallying
	you, we, they	are dallying
Past	I, he, she, it	was dallying
	you, we, they	were dallying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dallying
	he, she, it	has been dallying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dallying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dallying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dallying

to waste time, or do something very slowly: dally over Lawmakers have dallied over these major new proposals. → see also dilly-dallydally with something phrasal verb to be interested or involved in something, but not in a serious way SYN toy with: They dallied with the idea of touring the world.dally with somebody phrasal verb old-fashioned to have a sexual relationship that is not serious with someone SYN toy with