idler

i·dle

I0023200 (īd′l)adj. i·dler, i·dlest 1. a. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.b. Disinclined to work or be active; lazy: "a man who could seem idle, ignorant, even incompetent, yet was able to understand and to express ... the instincts, good and bad, of the American majority" (Godfrey Hodgson).c. Not in use or operation: idle hands; idle mills.d. Sports Not scheduled to play a game: Both teams played today but will be idle tomorrow.2. Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity: passed idle hours watching TV.3. Lacking substance, value, or basis: idle speculation; idle threats. See Synonyms at baseless, vain.v. i·dled, i·dling, i·dles v.intr.1. To pass time without being engaged in purposeful activity: "The girls idled all day long, sending their tinkling laughter flowing up and down the street" (Alai).2. To move slowly or without purpose: "I drove past the workshop ... I idled along the driveway past the pole fence ... to Tyhee Road" (Tom Spanbauer).3. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor or motor vehicle.v.tr.1. To pass (time) without doing anything: idle the afternoon away.2. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive: layoffs that idled 1,000 factory workers; a plant that was idled by a strike.3. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.n.1. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.2. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.

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[Middle English idel, from Old English īdel.]

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i′dle·ness n.i′dler (īd′lər) n.i′dly adv.

idler

(ˈaɪdlə) n1. a person who idles2. (General Engineering) another name for idle pulley, idle wheel3. (Nautical Terms) nautical a ship's crew member, such as a carpenter, sailmaker, etc, whose duties do not include standing regular watches

Thesaurus

Noun

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idler - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"do-nothing, layabout, loafer, bumnonworker - a person who does nothingclock watcher - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting timecouch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, lounger, mope - someone who wastes timedawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behinddaydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaminggood-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick - an idle worthless personlazybones - a lazy personlie-abed, slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hourloon - a worthless lazy fellowshirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)sluggard, slug - an idle slothful personspiv - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good timesunbather - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntantrifler - one who behaves lightly or not seriouslywhittler - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)

idler

noun loafer, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, dodger, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, dawdler, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), skiver (Brit. slang), malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, lazybones He resents being seen as a moneyed idler.

idler

nounA self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:bum, drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel.Informal: do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug.Slang: slouch.

Translations

懒汉无所事事的人

idle

(ˈaidl) adjective1. not working; not in use. ships lying idle in the harbour. 閒著的，閒置的 闲着的2. lazy. He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around. 懶散的 懒散的3. having no effect or result. idle threats. 無效的 无效的4. unnecessary; without good reason or foundation. idle fears; idle gossip. 不必要的，無根據的 无根据的 verb1. to be idle or do nothing. On holiday they just idled from morning till night. 無所事事 无所事事2. of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work. They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map. (引擎等)空轉 （发动机等）空转 ˈidler noun a lazy person. 懶惰的人，遊手好閒的人 懒汉，无所事事的人 ˈidleness noun 遊手好閒 游手好闲ˈidly adverb 懶散地 懒散地idle away to spend (time) doing nothing. idling the hours away. 虛度 虚度