fritter

及物动词浪费; 消耗; （在…上）浪费金钱; 浪费时间

名词油炸果馅[肉馅]饼

1. 炸果饼：甜点心 dessert | 炸果饼 fritter | 炸苹果饼 apple fritter

2. 浪费：fritillary 豹纹蝶 | fritter 浪费 | Fritz 德国人

3. 切碎：fret#激怒 | fritter#切碎 | fulminate#猛烈爆发

1. 油炸馅饼
    Fritters are round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.

    e.g. ...apple fritters.
           苹果油炸馅饼

2. 浪费;挥霍
    If someone fritters away time or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.

    e.g. The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
           这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。
    e.g. I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
           我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。

相关词组：fritter away

1. The family spent three years in Taiwan - where Fritter says the festival's " more like a party " - before moving to Beijing two years ago.

2. Fritter says her family also enjoys the spirit of cheer that fills the air this time of year.

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