footle是什么意思_footle的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

Not arrogate to oneself professions9 see joke: My friendly mouth is stupid very, often say the footle that a few your people find both funny and annoying.

不擅表白9看笑话：我友的嘴甚是笨，常常说一些令人哭笑不得的呆话。

近义词

vi.

waste of time
mess around

piffle

adj.

small
worthless

同根词

词根 footle

footling adj. 无价值的；无能的；无足轻重的；愚昧的 v. 做笨事；浪费时间（footle的ing形式）

释义

chiefly Brit. engage in fruitless activity; mess about

〈主英〉混日子，浪费时间；闲混

where's that pesky creature that was footling about outside?

刚才在外面瞎转悠的那个讨厌家伙现在在哪儿？

词源

"late 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect footer　‘idle, potter about', from 16th-cent. foutre　‘worthless thing', from Old French, literally ‘have sexual intercourse with’."