idling

英 [ˈaɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈaɪdlɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：idling　

计算机化学

COCA.29661

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.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的
  If machines or factories areidle, they are not working or being used.
  1. Now the machine is lying idle.
     如今机器闲置着。
  2. ...factories that had been idle for years.
     已经闲置多年的工厂
• 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.
  1. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
     无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
  2. 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！
• 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.
  1. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
     布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
  2. ...idle curiosity.
     无聊的好奇心
• 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.
  1. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
     假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
• 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.
  1. It was more of an idle threat than anything...
     那其实是唬人的话。
  2. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
     他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
• VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛
  If youidle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...idled assembly plants.
     停业的装配厂

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 shut down


• VERB 使闲散;使无事可做
  Toidleworkers means to stop them working.
  1. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
     罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 lay off


• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• having no employment
  Synonym:idlenessloafing

双语例句

• The car engine hummed idling.
  车子的引擎发出空转的声响。
• Switch off idling car engine while waiting;
  在等候期间，紧记关掉车辆引擎；
• Keep the engine idling for Approx.1 minute.
  将发动机保持怠速大约1分钟。
• Finally introduced the Sangtana motor car engine idling regime not steady overhaul example.
  桑塔纳汽车发动机怠速不稳的检修实例。
• The taxi hummed in the road, motor idling, meter ticking over.
  那辆出租车在路上嗡嗡地响着，发动机空转着，里程表空走着。
• When I am idling away my time, I can see that it hurts him deeply.
  每当我无所事事、虚度时光时，我能看出我这样浪费时间深深地刺痛了他的心。
• Residents were mowing their lawns, washing their cars and otherwise idling away a pleasant, sunny day
  居民们有的在刈草，有的在洗车，还有的在悠闲地享受阳光灿烂的怡人时光。
• The machine has been idling away for several minutes to get it warm.
  机器空转了几分钟以使它预热。
• Because idling and accelerating significantly increase fuel consumption.
  因为等待绿灯和加速都会大大增加燃料的消耗。
• 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。