| 单词 | shillyshally |
| 释义 | shillyshally (once / 393978 pages) vn WORD FAMILY shillyshally: shillyshallied, shillyshallying USAGE EXAMPLESWhat if he were to shillyshally when prompt action was urgent! Wingfield, Lewis, My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III...(2012) "What fellow?" said Philip, "why, this one that is shillyshallying with you night after night." Caine, Hall, Sir, The Manxman—A Novel - 1895(2010) Let that man know you are not going to endure his shillyshallying any longer. Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), Anne of the Island(2010) 1v postpone doing what one should be doing Syn|Hypo|Hyper dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall procrastinate postpone or delay needlessly delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required 2v be uncertain and vague Hyper hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action 3n the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time Syn|Hyper cunctation, procrastination delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time |
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