dicker

dicker
verb
[no obj.]
  1. engage in petty argument or bargaining
    小吵小闹;讨价还价
    they have been dickering with the airline to buy a share.
    他们为了参股的事和航空公司一直在讨价还价。
  2. treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something
    敷衍;玩弄
    [as noun dickering]there was no dickering with the lyrics.
    对诗歌是不能敷衍了事的。
派生
dickerer
noun
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker 'set of ten (hides'), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem 'ten'
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