動詞 footle:

1. be about
   同義詞：loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
2. act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
   同義詞：footle

形容詞 footling:

1. (informal) small and of little importance
   同義詞：fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

1. Stop footling about, we have serious work to do.
   別浪費時間了我們還有正經(jīng)事要做。
2. A footling gesture.
   無用的手勢

foo.tling

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語】
Lacking importance or significance; trifling:
無用的：缺乏重要或意義的；微不足道的：
例句：
a footling gesture.
無用的手勢

Stupid; inept.
愚蠢的；笨拙的

來源：
Present participle of footle
footle的現(xiàn)在分詞