Idler
['aɪdlə] or ['aɪdlɚ]
解释:
(n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
(n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.
(n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
弗兰克编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Drone, sluggard, laggard, lounger, dawdler, trifler, doodle, slow-back, inefficient person.
手打:莉莎
例句:
- And here are Crabbe's Tales, and the Idler, at hand to relieve you, if you tire of your great book. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- He is a dissipated, extravagant idler. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The rough outline sketched below shows the location of motor in relation to counter-shaft, belting, driving-wheels, idler, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The lever which threw the former friction gear into adjustment was made to operate an idler pulley for tightening the axle-belt. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- While a leisurely atmosphere pervades the town, few idlers are seen. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The day after she went to walk on the Pincian Hill--the Hyde Park of the Roman idlers--possibly in hopes to have another sight of Lord Steyne. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- In the morning the custom-house officers, together with a crowd of idlers, visited her. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Only a very few idlers were collected on account of the dismal rain. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
校对:迈克尔