名詞 fritter:

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

動(dòng)詞 fritter:

1. spend frivolously and unwisely
   同義詞：frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

1. Frittered his inheritance away.
   慢慢把他繼承的遺產(chǎn)揮霍貽盡
2. He has frittered away every chance he ever got.
   他把到手的每個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)都糟塌掉了。

fritter

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
frit.tered,frit.ter.ing,frit.ters
To reduce or squander little by little:
消耗：逐漸地減少或浪費(fèi)：
例句：
frittered his inheritance away.See Synonyms at waste
慢慢把他繼承的遺產(chǎn)揮霍貽盡參見(jiàn) waste

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

來(lái)源：
Probably from fritter [fragment]
可能源自 fritter [碎片]
probably alteration of fitters
可能為 fitters的變化
from fitter [to break into small pieces]
源自 fitter [分成小片]

fritter
fritter 2

n.（名詞）
A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.
油炸什錦面糊：用面糊做的點(diǎn)心，一般里面有水果、蔬菜、魚(yú)，用少量油或在深油里炸

來(lái)源：
Middle English friture
中古英語(yǔ) friture
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Late Latin froctôra
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) froctôra
from Latin froctus [past participle of] frogere [to roast, fry]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) froctus [] frogere的過(guò)去分詞 [烤，炸]