fritter

[US]/'frɪtə/
[UK]/'frɪtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 浪费;细切;剁碎
n. 细片;屑;带馅油炸面团
vi. 减少;消散;浪费
Word Forms
第三人称单数fritters
过去分词frittered
过去式frittered
现在分词frittering
复数fritters

Phrases & Collocations

apple fritter

苹果油炸圈饼

banana fritter

香蕉油炸圈饼

crispy fritter

脆皮炸物

fritter away

一点点地浪费

Example Sentences

they become frittered into minute tatters.

它们被撕成一块块细小的碎布。

to fritter your money

浪费金钱

frittering away her entire allowance;

挥霍掉她的所有津贴;

frittered his inheritance away.See Synonyms at waste

慢慢把他继承的遗产挥霍贻尽参见 waste

I wish we hadn't frittered the money away so easily.

要是我们当初没有把那笔钱随便挥霍掉该有多好。

He’s frittered away the money his father left him.

他挥霍掉了父亲留给他的钱财。

She fritters away all her money on clothes and trips to the cinema.

她把所有的金钱都浪费在穿衣服和看电影上了。

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