idled
英 [ˈaɪdld]
美 [ˈaɪdld]
v. 混时间; 闲荡; 无所事事; 空转; 挂空挡; 未熄火; (尤指暂时地)关闭工厂,使(工人)闲着
idle的过去分词和过去式
COCA.41696
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 无事可做的;闲散的
If people who were working areidle, they have no jobs or work.- Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺,员工们已将近一个月无事可做。
- Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
- ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的
If machines or factories areidle, they are not working or being used.- Now the machine is lying idle.
如今机器闲置着。 - ...factories that had been idle for years.
已经闲置多年的工厂
- Now the machine is lying idle.
- ADJ 懒散的;懒惰的;无所事事的
If you say that someone isidle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be.- ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们 - I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
我一辈子都没碰到过像他们这样吃白饭的工人!
- ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
- ADJ 琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的
Idleis used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do.- Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。 - ...idle curiosity.
无聊的好奇心
- Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
- ADJ 徒劳的;徒然的;无用的
If you say thatit is idle todo something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything.- It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
- It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
- ADJ 虚张声势的;唬人的
You refer to anidlethreat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say.- It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。 - His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
- It was more of an idle threat than anything...
- VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛
If youidle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.- When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
他们到他家后,斯科比闲逛了一会儿,抽完了他的香烟。 - We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...
露天小市场的三面都有小餐馆,我们在其中一家餐馆闲呆了很长时间。 - He idled around afterwards, window shopping until about 5pm.
然后他就闲逛,浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。
- When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
- VERB 使(工厂等)停工
Toidlea factory or other place of work means to close it down because there is no work to do or because the workers are on strike.- ...idled assembly plants.
停业的装配厂
- ...idled assembly plants.
- VERB 使闲散;使无事可做
Toidleworkers means to stop them working.- The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。
- The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
- VERB (发动机、车辆)空转
If an engine or vehicleis idling, the engine is running slowly and quietly because it is not in gear, and the vehicle is not moving.- Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。 - Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。
- Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 shut down
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 lay off
双语例句
- This will help foreign companies and the workers they have idled.
这将有利于外国公司和他们闲置的工人。 - They idled away two hours going nothing.
他们浪费了两小时什么也没干。 - He idled away the whole morning in his room.
他在房间里整整混了一个早晨。 - Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled
在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。 - Life isn't a short-term experience, and not so easy to be idled away.
生命不是一段短暂的经历,也不是那么轻易就可以被虚度的。 - He idled the time away in dreamy thought.
他在虚幻的空想中虚度了光阴。 - When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette
他们到他家后,斯科比闲逛了一会儿,抽完了他的香烟。 - Ever idled at a traffic signal for a near-eternity, and just felt like gunning it?
曾经在交通信号灯前感到无聊烦躁,很想一枪毙了它? - The windmill idled in the breeze.
风车在微风中慢慢转动。 - When you are older you'll be sorry that you idled away your youth instead of preparing for a profession.
你上了岁数以后,就会为虚度了青春、没有学会一门职业而懊悔。