fritter
英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]
美 [ˈfrɪtər]
v. 浪费; 细切; 剁碎; 减少; 消散
n. 油炸馅饼
复数:fritters 过去分词:frittered 现在分词:frittering 过去式:frittered 第三人称单数:fritters
BNC.22095 / COCA.21891
短语动词
fritter away
1. 浪费;挥霍
短语用例
fritter sth↔away (on sth)
- 浪费(时间、金钱);挥霍
to waste time or money on things that are not important
牛津词典
verb
verb
noun
- 油炸馅饼
a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 油炸馅饼
Frittersare round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.- ...apple fritters.
苹果油炸馅饼
- ...apple fritters.
- PHRASAL VERB 浪费;挥霍
If someonefritters awaytime or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.- The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。 - I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。
- The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
英英释义
noun
- small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
verb
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
双语例句
- The fritter of the rubber can be erased by the way by using the utility model.
使用本实用新型则可顺手把橡皮屑扫净。 - After the rubber is used, the fritter of the rubber is always stuck on the paper, and the fritter of the rubber is erased by people hands; thus, the paper is easy to be dirtied.
使用橡皮后总会有一些橡皮屑粘的纸上,人们常用手把它抹去,这样很容易把纸弄脏。 - If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
假如放几本书,丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时,就可以顺手翻翻,消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。 - Fritter containing sliced apple.
夹有苹果片的油炸馅饼。 - Fritter containing corn or corn kernels.
夹有玉米粒的油炸馅饼。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间; - You will need your physical energy as the shift gets underway, so don't fritter it away it on unimportant activities.
你同样需要良好的身体状态去应对这正在进行中的转变,所以不要浪费时间在那些不重要的活动上。 - We cannot ask one dry region to give away the dregs of its resources so another part of the country can fritter it away on golf courses and swimming pools.
我们不能要求一个干旱地区让出自己微薄的资源,而让本国其他地区浪费在高尔夫球场和游泳池这样的设施上。 - Matthew Sinclair of the TaxPayers'Alliance said," There is no chance that these officials would spend their own money this way, so why should they be allowed to fritter away ours?"
英国纳税人联盟的马修·辛克莱说,“这些官员不可能花自己的钱去学这些,那么他们为什么可以这样浪费我们的钱呢?” - Fritter containing corn or corn kernels. Not a grain of rice was wasted.
夹有玉米粒的油炸馅饼。一粒米也没有浪费。