Dally

(verb.) consider not very seriously; 'He is trifling with her'; 'She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania'.

(verb.) waste time; 'Get busy--don't dally!'.

(verb.) behave carelessly or indifferently; 'Play about with a young girl's affection'.

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• I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I would dally, wait, talk, and when impulse urged I would act. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I HAVE lingered thus long on the extreme bank, the wasting shoal that stretched into the stream of life, dallying with the shadow of death. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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