Idle

['aɪd(ə)l] or ['aɪdl]

解释:

(noun.) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; 'the car engine was running at idle'.

(verb.) run disconnected or idle; 'the engine is idling'.

(verb.) be idle; exist in a changeless situation; 'The old man sat and stagnated on his porch'; 'He slugged in bed all morning'.

(adj.) not in active use; 'the machinery sat idle during the strike'; 'idle hands' .

(adj.) not in action or at work; 'an idle laborer'; 'idle drifters'; 'the idle rich'; 'an idle mind' .

(adj.) not having a job; 'idle carpenters'; 'jobless transients'; 'many people in the area were out of work' .

(adj.) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; 'idle talk'; 'a loose tongue' .

(adj.) silly or trivial; 'idle pleasure'; 'light banter'; 'light idle chatter' .

编辑:韦斯利--From WordNet

解释:

(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

整理:贾丝廷

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Unemployed, unoccupied, unbusied, inactive.[2]. Indolent, lazy, slothful, sluggish, inert.[3]. Vacant, unused.[4]. Useless, ineffectual, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, vain, futile, abortive.[5]. Trifling, trivial, unimportant, trashy, foolish, unprofitable.

阿曼德录入

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Void, unoccupied, waste, vain, empty, unemployed, useless, inactive, lazy,indolent

ANT:Tilled, occupied, populated, filled, employed, assiduous, industrious

埃琳娜整理

解释:

adj. vain: trifling: unemployed: averse to labour: not occupied: useless: unimportant: unedifying.—v.t. to spend in idleness.—v.i. to be idle or unoccupied.—adj. I′dle-head′ed foolish.—ns. I′dlehood I′dleness; I′dler; Id′lesse idleness; I′dle-wheel a wheel placed between two others simply for transferring the motion from one to the other without changing the direction.—n.pl. I′dle-worms once jocularly supposed to be bred in the fingers of lazy maid-servants.—adv. I′dly.

编辑:沃尔夫冈