英语词汇“mooch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mooch

/muːtʃ

verb informal

1 [no object] (mooch about/around) British Loiter in a bored or listless manner: he just mooched about his bedsit...

So I'm going to lay in bed late, then probably head over to Brighton to mooch about the shops.
No, they can't tell me when he'll show up - so I have to mooch about and wait.
The meetings were kept mercifully short, and were followed by an extensive buffet, and there was plenty of free time for mooching around and doing our own stuff.

2 [with object] North American Ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food [no object]: I’m mooching off you all the time...

Did you just figure you could mooch food off of me as well?
I dropped by Shay's apartment to mooch food.
They are nice in every way, except for the fact that they always try to mooch food from us.

noun

1 [in singular] British An instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner.This morning started at a fairly leisurely pace with a mini-lie in for our last morning away, then coffee and eventually a mooch around the shops....

Then we went to the bookshop for a mooch, and then we had dinner.
After having a mooch around whilst chatting to a mixture of students who were on the course, it became clear that although being a gifted artist is helpful, the thought and understanding behind their work was most important.

2North American A beggar or scrounger.For some reason society continues to coddle these mooches, and thus it is considered noble to take part in giving the needy what they want....

He brought an empty bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag to a party so he wouldn't appear a mooch.
For starters, the meathead was very much both a mooch and much worse—an ingrate.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'to hoard'): probably from Old French muchier (Anglo-Norman muscher) 'hide, skulk': compare with mitch. Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

单词	mooch
释义	mooch /muːtʃ / verb informal 1 [no object] (mooch about/around) British Loiter in a bored or listless manner: he just mooched about his bedsit... So I'm going to lay in bed late, then probably head over to Brighton to mooch about the shops. No, they can't tell me when he'll show up - so I have to mooch about and wait. The meetings were kept mercifully short, and were followed by an extensive buffet, and there was plenty of free time for mooching around and doing our own stuff. 2 [with object] North American Ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food [no object]: I’m mooching off* you all the time... Did you just figure you could mooch food off of me as well? I dropped by Shay's apartment to mooch food. They are nice in every way, except for the fact that they always try to mooch food from us. noun 1 [in singular]* British An instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner.This morning started at a fairly leisurely pace with a mini-lie in for our last morning away, then coffee and eventually a mooch around the shops.... Then we went to the bookshop for a mooch, and then we had dinner. After having a mooch around whilst chatting to a mixture of students who were on the course, it became clear that although being a gifted artist is helpful, the thought and understanding behind their work was most important. 2North American A beggar or scrounger.For some reason society continues to coddle these mooches, and thus it is considered noble to take part in giving the needy what they want.... He brought an empty bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag to a party so he wouldn't appear a mooch. For starters, the meathead was very much both a mooch and much worse—an ingrate. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'to hoard'): probably from Old French muchier (Anglo-Norman muscher) 'hide, skulk': compare with mitch. Current senses date from the mid 19th century. Rhymes hooch, pooch, smooch
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