英和和英

動詞

frit away (三人称単数 現在形 frits away, 現在分詞 fritting away, 過去形および過去分詞形 fritted away)

1. (transitive) To fritter away.
   • 1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram

     the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence

   • 1888, Virgil, The Aeneid, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane

     Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock

   • 1957, Art Buchwald, The Brave Coward:

     Most people think the International Set is made up of a group of wealthy party goers who frit away their time in Paris, St. Moritz and on the Riviera.