puttering

英 [ˈpʌtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈpʌtərɪŋ]

v.  嘟嘟(或咕噜)作响
putter的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• 轻击（球）棒
  Aputteris a club used for hitting a golf ball a short distance once it is on the green.
• VERB 慢条斯理地工作；悠然自得地做
  If youputter around, you do unimportant but quite enjoyable things, without hurrying.
  1. I started puttering around outside, not knowing what I was doing...
     我开始在外面闲荡，不知道自己在做什么。
  2. She liked to putter in the kitchen.
     她喜欢在厨房里磨洋工。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 potter

双语例句

• Don't squander the gold of your days. To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
  别虚掷你的寸金光阴吧。虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）
• The old man liked nothing better than puttering about, doing a few odd jobs here and there. Realtime Voice Activity Detection Based on Short Time Energy Plus Rate of Passing Zero
  老人喜欢的莫过于在花园内转悠，这儿那儿干点零星活。基于短时能量加过零率的实时语音端点检测方法
• He really enjoys puttering around in the garden.
  他确实喜欢在花园里四处闲逛。
• The people on the block wonder why I don't go to a job, and I'm seen puttering around, trimming the bushes or painting a fence instead of working in a factory.
  街坊邻里都纳闷，为什么不去上班，却见我游来荡去，修剪修剪树木，粉刷粉刷篱笆，就是不去工场干活儿。
• I thought I'd spend today just puttering around the house.
  我想，今天就在房子周围转一转。
• I started puttering around outside, not knowing what I was doing
  我开始在外面闲荡，不知道自己在做什么。
• With a presidential election next year, it would be easier to keep puttering along in the shadow of Brazil, an economy which in some ways Mexico outclasses.
  随着下一届总统大选临近，墨西哥很可能一直走在甚至某些方面还不如墨西哥的巴西经济的阴影里。
• Jobs were scarce in town, but he managed to keep busy mowing the lawns of the householders and puttering in their flower-beds.
  镇上工作很难找，但他还是设法找到些给人修剪草坪、摆弄花坛的活计。
• She took the notes, on her clackety Royal typewriter, and also drove their puttering Ford on the giant western trips they made in the late1930s;
  她用她皇家牌打字机做笔记，上世纪30年代一起开着闲置的福特汽车去广袤的西部旅行；
• To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
  虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）