fritter
英['frɪtə(r)] 美['frɪtər]
"fritter away one's inheritance"
1.油炸馅饼
fritters are round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.
e.g. ...apple fritters.
苹果油炸馅饼
2.浪费;挥霍
If someonefritters away time or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.
fritter的意思
e.g. 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。
e.g. I seem tofritter my time away at coffee mornings.
我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。
相关词组:fritter away
1. 炸果饼:甜点心 dessert | 炸果饼fritter | 炸苹果饼 applefritter
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2. 浪费:fritillary 豹纹蝶 |fritter 浪费 | Fritz 德国人
3. 切碎:fret#激怒 |fritter#切碎 | fulminate#猛烈爆发
This window is a series of small panels..and these..throw the building into fritter.
出自:T. RickmanPeople have been staying here...such a fritter agitation.
出自:V. WoolfYou won't fritter the company profits on taxi fares.
出自:Sunday Post (Glasgow)She had watched her mother's intelligence being frittered away on calculations about the price of tinned food.
出自:J. Barnes