| [/ˈaɪdl; ˋaɪdl/] adj (-r, -st) 用法:
1 (a) doing or having no work; not employed 闲散的; 不工作的或没有工作的:
Many people were idle during the depression. 在那萧条时期, 很多人都无事可做.
(b) not active or in use 闲置的:
The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike. 在工人罢工期间, 工厂的机器都闲置著. 用法:
2 (of time) not spent in doing sth （指时间）空闲的:
We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun. 我们在太阳地里呆呆坐了好几个钟头. 用法:
3 (of people) avoiding work; lazy （指人）无所事事的, 懒散的, 懒惰的:
an idle, useless student 懒散、 不成器的学生. 用法:
4 [usu attrib 通常作定语] worthless or having no special purpose or effect; useless 无价值的; 徒然的; 无效的; 无用的:
an idle threat/promise 说说而已的恐吓[允诺] *
idle curiosity/gossip/speculation 无聊的好奇[闲言碎语/胡思乱想] *
It's idle to expect help from him. 指望他帮助只会是一场空. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) the devil makes work for idle hands => devil1. idle 2
v 用法:
1 [I, Ip] ~ (about) do nothing; waste time; be idle 无所事事; 浪费时光; 闲荡:
Stop idling and help me clean up. 别游手好闲的, 来帮我打扫打扫吧. 用法:
2 [I] (of an engine) run slowly in neutral gear or without doing work （指发动机）挂空挡, 空转. 用法:
3 (phr v) idle sth away waste (time) 虚度（光阴）:
idle away the hours watching TV 把时间浪费在看电视上. |