idle
英['aɪdl] 美['aɪdl]
"the car engine was running at idle"
"an idle laborer"
"idle drifters"
"the idle rich"
"an idle mind"
"baseless gossip"
"the allegations proved groundless"
"idle fears"
"unfounded suspicions"
"unwarranted jealousy"
"the machinery sat idle during the strike"
"idle hands"
"idle pleasure"
"light banter"
"light idle chatter"
"idle talk"
"a loose tongue"
"dead capital"
"idle funds"
"idle carpenters"
"jobless transients"
"many people in the area were out of work"
"the engine is idling"
"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
"He slugged in bed all morning"
1.无事可做的;闲散的
If people who were working areidle, they have no jobs or work.
e.g. Employees have beenidle 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。
2.(机器、工厂等)闲置的
If machines or factories areidle, they are not working or being used.
e.g. Now the machine is lyingidle.
如今机器闲置着。
e.g. ...factories that had beenidle for years.
已经闲置多年的工厂
3.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.
idle
e.g. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
e.g. I never met such anidle 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!
4.琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的
idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do.
idle
e.g. Brian kept up theidle chatter for another five minutes.
布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
e.g. ...idle curiosity.
无聊的好奇心
5.徒劳的;徒然的;无用的
If you say thatit is idle to do something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything.
e.g. It would beidle to pretend the system is perfect.
假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
6.虚张声势的;唬人的
You refer to anidle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say.
e.g. It was more of anidle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。
e.g. His statement isn't merely anidle boast.
他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
7.无所事事;闲混;闲逛
If youidle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
8.使(工厂等)停工
Toidle a 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.
e.g. ...idled assembly plants.
停业的装配厂
9.使闲散;使无事可做
Toidle workers means to stop them working.
idle的意思
e.g. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。
10.(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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
相关词组:idle away
1. 空闲的:备份 节点不执行任务,被认为是 空闲的(idle这种配置有时被称为 冷备份(cold standby). 这样的配置需要高度的硬件冗余. 本系列文章关注的重点是冷备份配置. 接管(Takeover)配置:一种更高级的配置,在这种配置中,
Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.
闲来无事,我们常去逛逛商店。
idle folks have the least leisure.
懒惰的人最没空闲。
No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.
不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。
I never believe idle reports.
我从来不信捕风捉影的传闻。
The strike idled many workers.
罢工使许多工人没事干。
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome, British humorist)
除非有大量的工作,否则就不可能尽情享受空闲时光。(英国幽默家杰罗姆)
I hate you to idle about.
我不喜欢你游手好闲。
We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.
我们不应该把宝贵的时间消磨在闲谈之中。
He is always idling about street corners.
他总是在街道角落那闲逛。
'You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!
“你这话对极了,机器搁着就生锈!
The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.
罢工使近4 000名工人闲着没事干。
She left the car idling at the roadside.
她把汽车挂空挡停在路边。
They idled along by the river (= walked slowly and with no particular purpose) .
他们沿着河边闲逛。
They idled the days away, talking and watching television.
他们天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。
['u4e0d'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd]After a period of enforced idleness, she found a new job.
她在被迫闲散了一段时间之后,找到了份新工作。
In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.
他空闲时就刻木雕。
It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.
佯称他们的婚姻有多美满是无意义的。
It was just an idle threat (= not serious) .
那只不过是吓唬吓唬而已。
idle chatter'/curiosity
无聊的唠叨 / 好奇
Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.
现在有超过百分之十的劳动力闲置。
to lie'/stand'/remain idle
闲置着
an idle student
懒散的学生
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。
The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。
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。
...idled assembly plants.
停业的装配厂
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。
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。
His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
It was more of an idle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。
It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
...idle curiosity.
无聊的好奇心
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!
...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
...factories that had been idle for years.
已经闲置多年的工厂
Now the machine is lying idle.
如今机器闲置着。
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。
Don't idle about.
不要闲逛。
There was no work in the office this afternoon so everyone idled about.
今天下午办公室里无事,所以大家都闲着。
She is a very active sort of person and can't bear to see others idling around.
她是那种积极肯干的人,看不惯别人的懒散。
He is always idling about street corners.
他老是在街头角落闲逛。
He idled around the house all morning.
他一上午都在房子附近闲逛。
It is idle to propose remedies, before we are assured of the disease.
出自:SwiftI'm sorry. It was just idle curiosity.
出自:A. TrewA clear brown brook idles through the pastures.
出自:W. D. Howells