All were busy at home, John absent till night, and nothing to do but sew, or read, or potter about.

家人都在忙着，约翰要到晚上才回来，除了做做针线、阅读或是闲荡简直无事可做。

There's something relaxing about watching your hamster potter about its cage.

看着你的仓鼠陶艺家在笼子里闲逛会让你放松一些。

He thanked her, but the walk sounded rather far; he could only potter about in these days.

他向她道谢，但走路听起来很远；这些天他只能东奔西跑。

YOU remember old Neave, of course? Little Humphrey Neave, I mean. We used to see him pottering about Rome years ago.

你还记得老尼夫吗？小汉弗莱·尼夫，我是说。几年前我们经常看到他在罗马闲逛。

Then she solved crosswords with her legs drawn up beneath her on the sofa while Ove pottered about in the toolshed and watched the news.

然后她坐到靠椅上垂着毫无知觉的双腿解填字游戏，这时候欧维就去外面的储藏室捣鼓一阵或者看会儿新闻。

Inger was up, pottering about half-dressed—she had milked the cow and the goats, as it might have been just an ordinary day.

英格起床了，没穿衣服就东倒西歪——她已经给牛和山羊挤奶了，就好像这只是平常的一天一样。

" That the way you manage a farm, " he asked scornfully, " pottering about up in the hills looking for a fortune" ?

“那是你管理农场的方式， ” 他轻蔑地问道， “在山上闲逛寻找财富” ？

She pottered about, and pottered about, and at last the three travellers realized with horror that she did not intend to go away at all.

她东走走，西逛逛，他们三个终于厌恶地明白她根本就没打算走。

Half the world was free to sit back and enjoy itself this sunny afternoon, but he had to spend it pottering about asking questions that led nowhere.

半个世界都可以自由自在地坐下来享受自己， 但他不得不把时间花在陶艺上， 问一些毫无意义的问题。

Uncle Sivert was an old man now, over seventy; he was something of an invalid, and pottered about half-dressed in the house, and often kept his bed for a time.

西维特叔叔现在已经七十多岁了。他有点像个病人，在屋子里半裸着走来走去，而且经常在床上躺一段时间。

In the new show, the act's trademark lighting and effects illuminate an otherwise limited spectacle—Mr Lowe standing as impassively as ever at his keyboard as Mr Tennant potters about the stage.

在新节目中，该行为标志性的灯光和效果照亮了一个原本有限的奇观——Lowe 先生一如既往地站在他的键盘上，而 Tennant 先生则在舞台上陶艺。

" I remember before we were married he used to potter about with a paint-box. But you never saw such daubs. We used to chaff him. He had absolutely no gift for anything like that. "

" 我记得在我们结婚以前他常常带着个颜料盒到处跑。可是他画的画儿要多难看有多难看。我们常常打趣他。他对这种事可以说一点才能也没有。"