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

单词

idle

释义

not occupied or employed

Young people ought not to be idle — Margaret Thatcher

said of machinery: not in use or operation

not turned to appropriate use

idle funds

lazy

having no particular purpose or value

idle curiosity

groundless

idle rumour

without force or effect

idle threats

idleness noun

idly /ʹiedli/ adv

[Old English īdel empty, useless]

to spend time doing nothing

to spend time in idleness

to move idly or aimlessly

said esp of an engine: to run without being connected to the part, e.g. the wheels of a car, that is driven, so that no useful work is done

verb trans

(often + away) to pass (time) in idleness

to cause (something, e.g. an engine) to idle

idler noun

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