Fritter



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 在无意义上的小事上) 愚蠢地浪费 ( 时间和金钱)
• ［英］ v. ( 在无意义上的小事上) 愚蠢地浪费 ( 时间和金钱) ( waste time or money on unimportant things)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English fritour, from Anglo-French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frictura, from Latin frictus, past participle of frigere to roast
• Date: 14th century
• a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat

II. verb

• Etymology: fritter, noun (fragment, shred)
• Date: 1728
• transitive verb
  • 1. to spend or waste bit by bit, on trifles, or without commensurate return — usually used with away
  • 2. to break into small fragments
• intransitive verb
  • dissipate, dwindle
• ? fritterer noun

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