idle away
collocation虚度;消磨(时间)
Stop idling away your time on video games.
别再在电子游戏上虚度时间了。
闲待着;无所事事
idled — past of idle
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闲待着;无所事事
to do nothing; to remain inactive
The engine idled smoothly while we waited for the traffic light to change.
我们等待交通灯变绿时,发动机平稳地空转着。
在闲散中度过(时间);浪费;消耗。
To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.
无所事事地消磨时间,或没有从事业务。
To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
空转或怠速运转
run disconnected or idle
(发动机)以慢速运转或空转;怠速运转。
Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
idle
Base
原形
idles
3rd person
第三人称单数
idling
-ing
现在分词
idled
Past
过去式
idled
Past participle
过去分词
The engine idles smoothly.
发动机平稳地怠速运转。
Yesterday, the car idled for ten minutes.
昨天,汽车怠速了十分钟。
The factory has idled its operations.
工厂已经停止了运营。
怠速;闲置
He spent the whole afternoon idling on the sofa instead of doing his homework.
他一整个下午都在沙发上无所事事,而不是做作业。
AI contextual example
The factory machines were idled during the maintenance shutdown.
维修停工期间,工厂的机器被闲置了。
AI contextual example
the engine is idling
发动机正怠速运转
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虚度;消磨(时间)
Stop idling away your time on video games.
别再在电子游戏上虚度时间了。
使发动机怠速运转
Don't idle the engine for too long while waiting.
等待时不要让发动机长时间怠速运转。
被闲置;被迫停工
Hundreds of workers were idled by the sudden factory shutdown.
工厂突然关闭,数百名工人被迫停工。
在红灯前怠速等待
The car idled at the red light, burning fuel.
汽车在红灯前怠速空转,消耗着燃油。
虚度(时光),浪费(时间)
She idled away the whole morning browsing social media.
她刷了一上午社交媒体,虚度了整个早晨。
闲荡,无所事事地待着
The boys were idling about on the street corner.
那些男孩在街角闲荡。
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记住 idle:发动机空转就像人闲待着——机器转着但车不走,时间流过但事没做。
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常对话、车辆/机械操作、职场讨论或新闻报道 该词作动词时,不同义项的使用场合不同:‘idle away’表示虚度时光,多用于日常口语;发动机‘idle’表示空转或怠速运转,常见于车辆或机械场景;而表示使闲置或无事可做时,多用于正式或新闻语境。因此整体语域标为混合,需根据搭配来判断。
注意:idle作动词时通常为不及物,不直接接宾语。
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