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　

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BNC.22095 / COCA.21891

短语动词

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.
  1. ...apple fritters.
     苹果油炸馅饼
• PHRASAL VERB 浪费;挥霍
  If someonefritters awaytime or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:frivol awaydissipateshootfritter awayfoolfool away

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Whatever general good will exists for the union movement, this strike is likely to fritter it away.
  一般存在什么善意工会运动，这次罢工可能犹疑带走。
• But if you are a serious private investor, leave the Las Vegas mentality to those with money to fritter.
  但是，如果你是一个认真的私人投资者，就把拉斯韦加斯的心态留给那些有钱可供挥霍的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it.
  要是我口袋里有钱的话，我往往会挥霍一空。
• 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。
• It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
  如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。
• Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
  否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。