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

• 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；
• 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。
• When his motorcycle was puttering along the road, he saw his friend.
  当他骑摩托车慢慢前行时，他看到了他的朋友。
• 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）
• I spent the morning puttering around the house.
  我在家磨蹭了一上午。
• He spent his days puttering in his rose garden.
  他终日在他的玫瑰园里转悠消磨时光。
• 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。
• 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）
• Jimmy's motorcycle was puttering gently along the road when it struck a rock and threw him off.
  吉米的摩托车正在路上缓缓行驶。这时车子撞上了岩石，他被抛下车来。
• 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。