loaf

英 [ləʊf]

美 [loʊf]

n.  一条(面包)
v.  游手好闲; 无所事事; 闲荡

复数：loaves　现在分词：loafing　过去式：loafed　第三人称单数：loafs　过去分词：loafed　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.7776 / COCA.6892

习惯用语

n.

half a loaf is better than no bread
• 半块面包比没有面包强；聊胜于无
  you should be grateful for sth, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing
use your head
• 你动动脑子；你仔细想想
  used to tell sb to think about sth, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said sth stupid
• ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’
  “你为什么不愿再见到他？”“唔，你好好想想吧！”

牛津词典

noun

• 一条（面包）
  an amount of bread that has been shaped and baked in one piece
  1. a loaf of bread
     一条面包
  2. Two white loaves, please.
     请拿两条白面包。
  3. a sliced loaf
     一条切片面包

verb

• 游手好闲；无所事事；闲荡
  to spend your time not doing anything, especially when you should be working
  1. A group of kids were loafing around outside.
     一群小孩在外面四处游荡。

柯林斯词典

The plural form of the noun is loaves. Loafs is the third person singular present tense of the verb. 名词复数为loaves。loafs为动词的第三人称单数现在式。


• N-COUNT 一条（面包）
  Aloafof bread is bread which has been shaped and baked in one piece. It is usually large enough for more than one person and can be cut into slices.
  1. ...a loaf of crusty bread.
     一条硬皮面包
  2. ...freshly baked loaves.
     新鲜出炉的面包
• VERB 游荡；闲逛；虚掷光阴
  If youloaf, you stand or wait in a place, not doing anything interesting or useful.
  1. Soldiers loafed at street corners.
     士兵们在街角逛荡。
  2. Loaf aroundmeans the same asloaf.
     Loaf around同loaf
  3. We had been at Cambridge together, she studying medicine and me loafing around.
     我们一起在剑桥呆过。她学医，我则无所事事。

英英释义

noun

• a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
  1. meat loaf
  2. sugar loaf
  3. a loaf of cheese
• a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
  Synonym:loaf of bread

verb

• be about
  1. The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
  2. Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
  Synonym:loiterloungefootlelollygaglallygaghang aroundmess abouttarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around
• be lazy or idle
  1. Her son is just bumming around all day
  Synonym:bumbum aroundbum aboutarse aroundarse aboutfuck offfrig aroundwaste one's timelounge aroundlollloll aroundlounge about

双语例句

• The proposal could put 3p on a loaf of bread.
  这项提议会使每个面包的成本增加3便士。
• Rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour.
  黄油、食糖和面粉各一磅的条状蛋糕。
• What you will need: a loaf of bread and a slice of cake.
  实验所需：一片面包和一块蛋糕。
• These are the neighbourhood bums who loaf around all day.
  这几个人整天无所事事，是这一片儿的下三烂。
• I baked one loaf of carrot nut bread and two loaves of zucchini spice bread.
  我烤了一片胡萝卜坚果面包和两片南瓜面包；
• The rich man threw a loaf of bread to him, and he went away.
  这位富人扔了一块面包给他，他就走了。
• Mark the loaf with the prongs of a fork in a criss-cross pattern.
  用叉子尖在面包上划十字图案作标记
• Don't loaf about while there's so much to be done.
  还有这么多事情要干，别胡混了！
• We talked about a loaf of bread, a slice of bread.
  我们讨论了一块面包和一片面包的区别。
• Qotto: A loaf of bread and some cheese. I like them!
  一条面包和奶酪，我喜欢它们。