ponce about/around
phrasal verbwithponceverbuk/pɒns/us/pɑːns/
(LIKE A WOMAN)
UKoffensive
If a manponcesabout/around, hebehavesordressesmore like a woman than like a man:
（穿得花里胡哨地）四处招摇He was poncing around in apairoffluffyslippers.他穿着一双毛茸茸的拖鞋四处招摇。
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- pretension
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick
(NOT HELPFUL)
informal
towastetimedoingsillythings that do notachieveanything orhelpanyone:
游手好闲，瞎晃荡There's notimefor poncing around - we need to get theseboxespackedby thisevening.没时间再拖拉了，我们今天晚上必须把这些箱子装好。
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall