资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dally \Dal"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dallied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dallying}.] [OE. ?alien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk,
   G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule
   a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]
   1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in
      idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to
      tarry; to trifle.

            We have trifled too long already; it is madness to
            dally any longer.                     --Calamy.

            We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.
                                                  --Barrow.

   2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the
      opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

            Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak.

            Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.