Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #33575
layabout
/ˈleiəbajt/
noun
游手好闲者；懒人
核心释义
a person who does no work; an idler
- 1.
不工作的人
person who does no work
不工作的人；懒汉
用法In use
He's such a layabout; he never helps with housework.
用法提示：layabout 作名词，指懒惰、不干活的人。
The park is full of layabouts sleeping on benches.
用法提示：layabout 复数形式 layabouts，指游手好闲的一群人。
Don't be a layabout; get a job.
用法提示：layabout 作名词，用于劝告不要懒惰。
be a layabout
layabout 是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要限定词，如 a。
He is a layabout who never looks for work.
他是个从不找工作的游手好闲者。
call sb a layabout
在 call sb sth 结构中，layabout 作宾语补足语，前面通常加 a。
She called him a layabout because he slept until noon.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lazy layabout
- 懒惰的游手好闲者
- He's a lazy layabout who never lifts a finger around the house.他是个懒惰的游手好闲者，在家里从不搭把手。
- good-for-nothing layabout
- 一无是处的游手好闲之徒
- Her brother is a good-for-nothing layabout who still lives off their parents.她弟弟是个一无是处的游手好闲之徒，还靠父母养活。
- a bunch of layabouts
- 一群游手好闲的人
- The manager called his staff a bunch of layabouts.经理称他的员工是一群游手好闲的人。
- layabout husband
- 游手好闲的丈夫
- She finally divorced her layabout husband.她最终和那个游手好闲的丈夫离了婚。
学习提示Learner notes
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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