| 单词 | loiter |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['lɔitə] |
| 解释 | v. 游荡；徘徊 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 游荡(to linger)；走走停停(to walk or move slowly and indolently 【例】 The tourists loitered about the town square, browsing through several of the shops. (browsing: 浏览) |
| 字源 | loiter (v.) early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyðre "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (漫无目的地)游荡; 虚度(光阴) 【记】读: 蝼蚁头儿, 蝼蚁的头儿不用工作, 可以整天游荡! |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：老头；老头可以整天提笼架鸟，四处遛达，游荡 |
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