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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

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verb

细嚼慢咽, 小口吃.

To eat with small, quick bites.

Examples :

"The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce."

兔子细嚼慢咽地吃着生菜.

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verb

轻咬，小口咬。

To bite lightly.

Examples :

"He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver."

他在我脖子上轻轻地咬，让我打了个寒颤。

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verb

细饮慢啜，慢慢享用。

To consume gradually.

Examples :

"The family slowly piddled away the remaining birthday cake, eating a little bit each day. "

一家人每天吃一点，细饮慢啜地享用剩下的生日蛋糕。

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verb

吹毛求疵，挑剔.

To find fault; to cavil.

Examples :

"My sister constantly piddled about the arrangements for the party, finding fault with every detail. "

我妹妹老是吹毛求疵，挑剔派对的安排，对每个细节都鸡蛋里挑骨头。

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verb

啄，轻啄

To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

鸟儿轻啄着它们的食物。

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verb

啄，轻轻地啄。

To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

用喙在树上啄出一个洞。

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verb

戳，捅，刺。

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

Examples :

"The bored student was piddling at his desk with the tip of his pen, leaving tiny indentations in the wood. "

无聊的学生正用笔尖不停地戳着他的桌子，在木头上留下了一些小小的印记。

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verb

啄，叼，衔。

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

Examples :

"The little bird was piddling up the crumbs from the table. "

那只小鸟正在从桌子上啄起面包屑吃。

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verb

零星地做，一点一点地做。

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."

他一直在零零星星地做那个项目，都有一段时间了。

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verb

一指禅

To type by searching for each key individually.

Examples :

""My grandma has a really old typewriter, so she spends a long time piddling to write each letter." "

我奶奶有一台很老的打字机，所以她得用一指禅慢慢地打出每个字母，要花很长时间。

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verb

打字

To type in general.

Examples :

"My sister was piddling away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay. "

我妹妹正在键盘上噼里啪啦地打字，想赶快完成她的论文。

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verb

亲吻，轻吻。

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

"The teacher briefly piddled his students goodbye before leaving the classroom. "

老师离开教室前，和学生们简单地亲吻了一下，算是道别。

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verb

投掷，抛。

Examples :

"The child was piddling stones into the pond, watching the ripples spread. "

那孩子正往池塘里扔石头，看着水波荡漾开来。

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verb

绊倒，蹒跚

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Examples :

"The horse piddled forward, its front leg striking the ground awkwardly. "

那匹马踉跄着向前绊了一下，前腿别扭地触地。

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verb

磨蹭，虚耗。

Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.

Examples :

"He was piddling around with the project, so it wasn't finished on time. "

他一直在磨磨蹭蹭地弄那个项目，所以没能按时完成。

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verb

撒尿, 小便

(Namibia) To urinate.

Examples :

"The small child needed to go outside and piddling before the long car ride. "

那个小孩在长途车程前需要出去撒泡尿.

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adjective

微不足道的，无关紧要的。

Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

Examples :

"The amount of money I earned from the garage sale was piddling compared to the cost of the new furniture. "

我从旧货出售中赚到的钱和新家具的费用相比，简直是微不足道的。

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