fritter

名词 fritter:

1. small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

动词 fritter:

1. spend frivolously and unwisely
   同义词：frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

1. Frittered his inheritance away.
   慢慢把他继承的遗产挥霍贻尽
2. He has frittered away every chance he ever got.
   他把到手的每个机会都糟塌掉了。

fritter

v.tr.（及物动词）
frit.tered,frit.ter.ing,frit.ters
To reduce or squander little by little:
消耗：逐渐地减少或浪费：
例句：
frittered his inheritance away.See Synonyms at waste
慢慢把他继承的遗产挥霍贻尽参见 waste

To break, tear, or cut into bits; shred.
弄碎：分或切成小片；弄成碎片

来源：
Probably from fritter [fragment]
可能源自 fritter [碎片]
probably alteration of fitters
可能为 fitters的变化
from fitter [to break into small pieces]
源自 fitter [分成小片]

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n.（名词）
A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.
油炸什锦面糊：用面糊做的点心，一般里面有水果、蔬菜、鱼，用少量油或在深油里炸

来源：
Middle English friture
中古英语 friture
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin froctôra
源自 后期拉丁语 froctôra
from Latin froctus [past participle of] frogere [to roast, fry]
源自 拉丁语 froctus [] frogere的过去分词 [烤，炸]