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

Dilly-dally \Dil"ly-dal`ly\, v. i. [See {Dally}.]
   To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dilly-dally
     v : postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to
         write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: {procrastinate},
          {stall}, {drag one's feet}, {drag one's heels}, {shillyshally},
          {dillydally}]
     [also: {dilly-dallied}]