1not working or producing anythingOPP busy: I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle. The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic. The workers have been idle for the last six months.2not serious, or not done with any definite intention: She was not a woman to make idle threats.idle chatter/talk/gossip etc It was only from idle curiosity that she went into the barn.3lazy: Go and wake up that idle brother of yours.RegisterIdle sounds rather old-fashioned and literary. In everyday English, people usually say lazy:· She's not stupid, just lazy.4it is idle to do something it is not worth doing something, because nothing will be achieved: It would be idle to deny that progress was made.5the idle rich rich people who do not have to work—idleness noun [uncountable]—idly adverb: They sat chatting idly. I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame.
WDF
idleness
['aɪdlnəs]
CET6
n25398
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NOUN28746
5261
Spoken:
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懒惰(75%),闲散(25%)
n.懒惰;闲散;失业
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