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单词 idle bread
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idle bread
c. Of things, esp. time: Unoccupied; characterized by inaction or want of occupation. idle bread = bread of idleness (idleness n. 4).
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > characterized by lack of occupation
idle1297
vacant1615
vacuous1872
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4020 Þat ydel lif þat þine men abbeþ ylad.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxxi. 27 Idil bred she eet not [L. panem otiosa non comedit].
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOvv All my ydell yeres & dayes.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B1v In these my..idelest times.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 116 Breake off betimes, And euery man hence, to his idle bed. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 1 In which place..whilest I passed an idle yeere [etc.]
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 48 Persons..that have a great deal of Idle Time lying upon their Hands.
1783 W. Cowper Epit. on Hare 31 Dozing out all his idle noons.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 47 Locking you up in temporary Idle Workhouses.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 234 Plough-Monday was an idle day.
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