potter2 (also potter about/around) verb [intransitiveI] British EnglishBrE to spend time doing pleasant things that are not important without hurrying 悠然地做些轻松的工作[琐碎的事情] SYN American English putter I spent the morning pottering about in the garden. 我一上午在花园里随便干了些轻松的活儿。
—potterer noun [countableC]