单词	mooch
释义	moochmooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmooch Origin: 1400-1500 Old French muchier ‘to hide’ Verb Table VERB TABLE mooch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mooch he, she, it mooches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they mooched Present perfect I, you, we, they have mooched he, she, it has mooched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had mooched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mooch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have mooched Continuous Form Present I am mooching he, she, it is mooching you, we, they are mooching Past I, he, she, it was mooching you, we, they were mooching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been mooching he, she, it has been mooching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been mooching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be mooching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been mooching Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Mom got sick of him mooching meals from us. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down. If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up. If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park. Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto ask for money or food because you do not have any► scrounge to ask someone for food, cigarettes etc especially because you do not have enough money or would prefer not to pay for them: scrounge something off/from: · Nigel scrounged a drink off us before we left.scrounge something: · We managed to scrounge some cigarettes because we had no money left.scrounge: · When I was a kid I never had enough money for the bus, so I had to scrounge. ► cadge British informal to ask someone for something such as food, cigarettes etc because you do not have enough money or would prefer not to pay for them: · Sonia is always cadging lifts home and she never offers any money for petrol.· The two boys moved around the bar, cadging free drinks and cigarettes. ► bum informal to ask someone for something such as food or cigarettes, in a way that annoys or embarrasses people: · I think Steve managed to bum a lift home.bum something off somebody: · He's always bumming drinks off people and it really gets on my nerves. ► mooch off American informal to ask someone for something such as food or cigarettes in a way that annoys or embarrasses people: mooch something/it/them off: · This old guy was trying to mooch a beer off Dave.mooch off somebody: · He never pays for anything - he'd even mooch off his own mother. ► beg also panhandle American to ask people in the street for money or food because you do not have any: · Things got so bad that at one point she thought she'd have to go out and beg.· He just sits there on the street all day, but he doesn't panhandle.beg for: · Just a few years ago, Tanya was homeless and begging for money in front of the supermarket.beg from: · Sad-looking men of all ages beg from tourists at the corner of the square. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around · I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down. American English informal to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it SYN scrounge British Englishmooch something off somebody He tried to mooch a drink off me.mooch around/about phrasal verb British English informal to move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little:  Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.
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