footle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 fo͞otəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. nonsense; foolishness. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To waste time; to trifle.
    — Curtis says that he works like any other journalist: people and ideas grab him; he wastes time on TikTok, which he adores; he footles about in libraries.
  2. To talk nonsense.
  3. To have sex. archaic,vulgar

词形变化

footles present,singular,third-person footling participle,present footled participle,past footled past

词汇关系

衍生词
footle about footle around footle away footler

词源

词源 1
Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
词源 2
Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
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