单词 | to stand around |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand around to stand around intransitive. Originally: †(of a group) to stand on all sides of someone or something (obsolete). Later: to remain standing in a place without any particular purpose or fixed position. Cf. to stand about 1 at Phrasal verbs 1, to stand round at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1596 J. Davies Orchestra sig. B5 All the crowne of men That stands around doth make a murmuring. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid I. i. 43 A hundred Boys and Virgins stood around, The Banquet, and the Goblet crown'd. 1848 Trial W. Freeman for Murder J. G. Van Nest 187 I never saw him doing any kind of work whatever, only standing around or passing by. 1908 Washington Post 6 July 5/6 They were promptly stopped by a policeman and had to stand around in the crowd until Capt. Bartlett..made the identity of the visitors known. 1966 Amateur Gardening 24 Sept. 35/1 Everybody is standing around, waiting to go and spend their money on the tombola or the raffles. 2018 L. A. Urrea House Broken Angels 203 A klatch of kids just stood around or leaned on bikes. < as lemmas |
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