Word · Frequency #7776
loafed
/ləuf/
verb
游手好闲;闲逛;混日子
loafed is the past of loaf.
To do nothing; to be idle.
- 1.
To do nothing, to be idle.
无所事事,闲荡。
无所事事,闲荡。;游手好闲;虚度光阴
In use
He spent the whole afternoon loafing around the park.
Stop loafing and get back to work!
She loafed on the couch all weekend instead of studying.
Verb forms
base loaf · third person loafs · -ing loafing · past loafed · past participle loafed
Connections
Collocations
- loaf around
- 闲荡;无所事事
- He spent the whole morning loafing around the park.他整个上午都在公园里闲荡。
- loaf on the sofa
- 在沙发上懒散地消磨时间
- I just loafed on the sofa and watched TV.我只是懒散地坐在沙发上看电视。
- loaf at home
- 待在家里无所事事
- She loafed at home during the holidays.假期里她待在家里无所事事。
- loaf away the afternoon
- 虚度一整个下午
- He loafed away the afternoon instead of studying.他没有学习,而是虚度了一下午。
Pop culture & quotes
- I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
- 我闲荡着,邀请我的灵魂;我懒散地倚靠着,悠闲地观看一片夏日的草叶。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想:把 loaf 想成面包(a loaf)躺在那里一动不动,人这样就是 loafing——闲逛、无所事事。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常对话、轻松的书面表达 loaf 作动词表示“闲荡、无所事事”,通常带有轻松或略带贬义的口吻,比较常见于日常对话和非正式书面语;正式场合更宜用 be idle 或 waste time。
Grammar Note
常与around或about连用,表示闲逛。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 loaf(/ləuf/)真正押韵的是 oaf(/əuf/)。leaf、roof、hoof、loaves、loft 都是形近词,但发音不同:leaf 读 /liːf/,roof 和 hoof 读 /uːf/,loaves 读 /ləuvz/,loft 读 /lɒft/。注意 loaf 和 oaf 的结尾拼写是 -oaf,而 roof、hoof 是 -oof。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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