fritter

挥霍义词源同fraction, 碎片，引申词义挥霍，浪费，扔弃。馅饼义来自fry, 煎，油炸。

fritter

fritter: see fry

fritter (v.)

"whittle away, waste bit by bit, spend on trifles," 1728, probably from noun fritter "fragment or shred" (though this is recorded later), perhaps an alteration of 16c. fitters "fragments or pieces," which is perhaps ultimately from Old French fraiture "a breaking," from Latin fractura [OED]. Or perhaps from a Germanic *fet-source (compare Middle High German vetze "clothes, rags," Old English fetel "girdle").

fritter (n.)

"fried batter cake," served hot and sometimes sweetened or seasoned or with other food in it, late 14c., from Old French friture "fritter, pancake, something fried" (12c.), from Late Latin frictura "a frying," from frigere "to roast, fry" (see fry (v.)).

1. 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。

2. Don't fritter away your precious time.

大好时光,不可等闲度过.

3. It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.

如果你不小心,要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的.

4. Don't fritter away your money on things you do not really need.

不要把钱浪费在你并不真正需要的东西上.

5. Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things?

你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上.