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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   idle

   • IPA[ˈīd(ə)l]

   美式

   • adj.
     (of a person) avoiding work; lazy；(of a person) not working; unemployed
   • v.
     spend time doing nothing；move aimlessly or lazily

   • verb: idle, 3rd person present: idles, gerund or present participle: idling, past tense: idled, past participle: idled

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of a person) avoiding work; lazy idle students 同義詞 lazy, indolent, slothful, work-shy, shiftless, ... 更多loafing, inactive, inert, sluggish, lethargic, languorous, listless, torpid, remiss, negligent, slack, lax, lackadaisical, impassive, good-for-nothing, do-nothing, leisurely, informalbone idle, archaicfainéant, rareotiose反義詞 industrious
   • ▪ (of a person) not working; unemployed 10.3 percent of the workforce is now idle 同義詞 unemployed, jobless, out of work, out of a job, between jobs, ... 更多workless, unwaged, unoccupied, redundant, informalon the dole, signing on, euphemisticresting, informalon the wallaby track反義詞 employed
   • ▪ (especially of a machine or factory) not active or in use assembly lines standing idle for lack of spare parts 同義詞 not in use, out of use, not operating, not working, inactive, ... 更多out of action, inoperative, nonfunctioning, out of service, unused, unoccupied, unemployed, disused, no longer in use, fallen into disuse, mothballed反義詞 working
   • ▪ (of time) characterized by inaction or absence of significant activity at no time in the day must there be an idle moment 同義詞 unoccupied, spare, empty, vacant, unfilled, ... 更多available反義詞 busy, full
   • ▪ (of money) held in cash or in accounts paying no interest.
   • 2. without purpose or effect; pointless he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter 同義詞 frivolous, trivial, trifling, minor, petty, ... 更多foolish, lightweight, shallow, superficial, insignificant, unimportant, worthless, valueless, pointless, paltry, niggling, peripheral, without depth, inane, fatuous, senseless, meaningless, purposeless, unnecessary, time-wasting反義詞 serious, meaningful
   • ▪ (especially of a threat or boast) without foundation I knew Ellen did not make idle threats 同義詞 empty, meaningless, aimless, pointless, worthless, ... 更多useless, vain, in vain, insubstantial, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, groundless, without grounds, baseless, without/lacking foundation反義詞 serious

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. spend time doing nothing four men were idling outside the shop we idled the afternoon away 同義詞 do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, sit back, take it easy, ... 更多rest on one's oars, mark time, kick one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze (around), lounge (around), loll (around), loaf (around), slouch (around), go to seed, degenerate, molder, stagnate, informalhang around, veg out, mooch about, mooch around, slummock, bum around, bat around, lollygag, lay on one's oars, fritter, while, laze, loiter, pass, spend, use, employ, use up, occupy, take up, fill up, fill in, fill, beguile, expend, devote, waste, dissipate, kill
   • ▪ move aimlessly or lazily Cal idled past MetroHealth at a stately pace 同義詞 saunter, stroll, dawdle, drift, putter, ... 更多amble, go/walk slowly, loiter, maunder, wander, straggle, informalmosey, tootle, pootle, mooch, swan
   • ▪ North American take out of use or employment he will close the newspaper, idling 2,200 workers 同義詞 saunter, stroll, dawdle, drift, putter, ... 更多amble, go/walk slowly, loiter, maunder, wander, straggle, informalmosey, tootle, pootle, mooch, swan
   • 2. (of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear the car is noisily idling in the street 同義詞 tick over, run slowly in neutral
   • ▪ cause (an engine) to idle. 同義詞 tick over, run slowly in neutral