dally
verb🔊/ˈdæli/
🔊/ˈdæli/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dally | 🔊/ˈdæli/ 🔊/ˈdæli/ |
| he / she / it dallies | 🔊/ˈdæliz/ 🔊/ˈdæliz/ |
| past simple dallied | 🔊/ˈdælid/ 🔊/ˈdælid/ |
| past participle dallied | 🔊/ˈdælid/ 🔊/ˈdælid/ |
| -ing form dallying | 🔊/ˈdæliɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈdæliɪŋ/ |
to do something too slowly; to take too much time making a decision 蹉跎（时光）；延误；拖拉 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French dalier ‘to chat’ (commonly used in Anglo-Norman French), of unknown origin.