fritter

vt. 浪费；细切；剁碎

n. 细片；屑；带馅油炸面团

vi. 浪费；减少；消散

中文词源

fritter 挥霍，油炸馅饼

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. frag- / fract- => fritter.2. fry => fritter.

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.