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单词 loiter
释义

loitern.

Brit. /ˈlɔɪtə/, U.S. /ˈlɔɪdər/
Etymology: < loiter v.
rare.
The action of loitering; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress > instance of
dawdle1813
loiter1876
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 171 Picotee..moved on in a manner intended to efface the lover's loiter of the preceding moments from her own consciousness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loiterv.

Brit. /ˈlɔɪtə/, U.S. /ˈlɔɪdər/
Forms: Middle English (? loltre or loitre), lotere, Middle English loytron, 1500s loyeter, loytre, lowtre, lewtre, leut(e)re, 1500s–1700s loyter, 1500s– loiter.
Etymology: < Middle Dutch loteren to wag about (like a loose tooth), Dutch leuteren to shake, totter, Nautical (of a sail) to ‘shiver’; also, to dawdle, loiter over one's work; compare West Flemish lutteren, East Frisian löteren, of similar meaning. For the development of sense compare the figurative uses of loose, unsteady. The sense which the word has in English has not been found in Dutch earlier than the 16th cent., but may be much older in slang use; the word was probably introduced into England by foreign ‘loiterers’ or vagrants. The same root is found in Middle Dutch lutsen to wag about.The diphthong in the first syllable is a substitution for the unfamiliar vowel of the Dutch word, which was probably /øː/ (as in modern pronunciation) or nearly so. In the first quot. below, the form loltrande may be genuine; if so it represents a distinct word, < the root of loll v.1
1. intransitive.
a. In early use: To idle, waste one's time in idleness. Now only with more specific meaning: To linger indolently on the way when sent on an errand or when making a journey; to linger idly about a place; to waste time when engaged in some particular task, to dawdle. Frequently in legal phrase to loiter with intent (to commit a felony).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity
trifle?a1400
loiterc1400
tiffc1440
tifflec1440
to pick a salad1520
to play the wanton1529
fiddle1530
dauntc1540
piddle1545
dally?1548
pittlea1568
pingle1574
puddle1591
to thrum caps1594
maginate1623
meecha1625
pudder1624
dabble1631
fanfreluche1653
dawdlea1656
taigle17..
niff-naff1728
tiddle1747
peddle1755
gammer1788
quiddle1789
muddle1791
browse1803
niddle1808
poke1811
fal-lal1818
potter1824
footer1825
putter1827
shaffle1828
to fool about1838
mike1838
piffle1847
mess1853
to muck about1856
tinker1856
bohemianize1857
to fool around1860
frivol1866
june1869
muss1876
to muddle about (also around)1877
slummock1877
dicker1888
moodle1893
to fart about1899
to fart about (or around)1899
plouter1899
futz1907
monkey1916
to arse around1919
to play around1929
to fuck around1931
tool1932
frig1933
boondoggle1935
to muck around1935
to screw around1935
to bugger about1937
to bugger around1939
to piss about1943
to dick around1948
to jerk around1953
fart-arse1954
to fanny around1969
slop1973
dork1982
to twat around (or about)1992
to dick about1996
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (intransitive)] > carry out criminal activities > loiter with intent
to loiter with intent1891
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 458 Þenne was þe gome so glad of his gay logge, Lys loltrande [Morris conjectures loitrande] þer-inne, lokande to toune.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 311/1 Loytron, or byn ydyl, ocior.
1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden ii. v. 77 He slough caym that loyterd [Trevisa: loted] amonge the busshes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/1 He loytreth aboute lyke a maysterlesse hounde.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/2 And you sende hym, he wyll sure loyter somewhere by the waye.
c1540 Hye way to Spyttel Ho. 143 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 29 Lowtryng, and wandryng fro place to place.
1553 Primer in Liturgies, etc. Edw. VI (Parker Soc.) 472 Laboured nothing at all, but went abroad loitering idly.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 187 Sir Iohn, you loyter heere too long. View more context for this quotation
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 349 Some of them doe naught but loiter all the weeke long.
1660 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 359 People might loyter about the streets in sermon time.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 256 A Javelin threw, Which flutt'ring, seemed to loiter as it flew.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 85 Nobody may loyter about in order to attempt it without instant suspicion.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 28 Oct. 233 I loiter in the shop with my needle-work in my hand.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvi. 254 Officers..loitered in the hall, as in waiting for orders. View more context for this quotation
1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 110 I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 8 These weak old men who loitered about.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 3/2 Cabmen have had to pay..fines..for ‘loitering and obstructing’ the roads... To loiter, in cabman's English, means to ply for hire.
1891 Act 54 & 55 Vict. c. 69 §7 The provisions [shall be] applied also to every suspected person or reputed thief loitering about or in any of the said places and with the said intent.
1899 C. Rook Hooligan Nights i. 16 You get lagged for loiterin' wiv intent to commit a felony or some dam nonsense like that.
1952 Economist 26 Jan. 207/3 Montgomery is always suspected of loitering with intent.
1957 M. Gair Sapphires on Wednesday iii. 42 What he was doing was casing the gaff; or, in police terms, ‘loitering with intent to commit a felony’.
b. To travel or proceed indolently and with frequent pauses. With adverbs or adverbial phrases.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)]
creepc1175
lugc1400
to hold (also keep) foot withc1438
crawlc1460
lounge?a1513
slug1565
drawl1566
draggle1577
fodge1581
snail1582
laggerc1620
slagger1622
snail1628
flod1674
delay1690
to drag one’s slow length along1711
soss1711
loiter1728
trail1744
sidle1781
soodle1821
linger1826
ooze1847
slope1851
laggard1864
dawdle1872
tiddle1882
oozle1958
pootle1973
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > slowly
loiter1789
humbug1840
snail1936
1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 218 Prose swell'd to verse, Verse loitring into prose.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 1 We have lingered and loitered..from port to port.
1827–35 N. P. Willis Florence Gray 32 I loiter'd up the valley to a small and humbler ruin.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxviii. 59 With weary steps I loiter on. View more context for this quotation
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlviii. 445 From the 13th of July to the 13th of August we loitered along.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 51 He loitered thoughtfully along the uneven highway.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 161 The Avon loiters past the churchyard.
c. To delay action.
ΚΠ
1822–56 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (1902) 156 Even honorable lawyers will not in a case of this nature move at a faster pace: they will all alike loiter upon varied allegations through six months.
2. transitive.
a. To neglect (one's work). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > be remiss about
slack1530
loiterc1540
forslack1570
disneglect1800
c1540 Hye Way to Spyttel Ho. 871 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 62 But lye in bed,..Lewtryng theyr worke tyll it pas noone.
b. To allow (time, etc.) to pass idly; to waste carelessly or upon trifles. Obsolete except with away; occasionally with †out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > cause to be idle or inactive [verb (transitive)] > occupy oneself triflingly with > waste (time) in trifling activity
trifle outa1450
trifle1532
loiter1549
picklea1568
toy1575
trifle1587
rust1604
to idle (time) away1652
fool1657
to dally away1685
dangle1727
to piddle away1743
peddle1866
potter1883
putter1911
gold-brick1918
1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .ii Be not of the nombre of those men, whiche..loyter the tyme..and do no good at all.
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Biii When thou arte determined What knowledge thou wilt most apply Then let it not be loytered, But seke to get it spedily.
1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 13 Not loyter out my life at home.
1689 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Death iii. §7. 322 These Men have loitered away the day.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 173 It would have been extreme imprudence..to have loitered away so much time.
1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. 50 The little lake..on the banks of which I loitered out my schoolboy holidays.
a1903 Mod. We loitered away the rest of the day.
c. To postpone getting or giving (something). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]
forslowc888
eldc897
forsita940
gele971
lengOE
drilla1300
delayc1300
onfrestc1300
tarryc1320
jornc1330
dretchc1380
defer1382
forbida1387
to put offa1387
to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393
dilate1399
fordrawa1400
to put overc1410
latch?c1422
adjournc1425
prolongc1425
proloynec1425
rejournc1425
to put in respite1428
sleuthc1430
respitea1450
prorogue1453
refer1466
sleep1470
supersede1482
respectc1487
postpone1496
overseta1500
respett1500
enjourna1513
relong1523
retract1524
tarde1524
track1524
to fode forth1525
tract1527
protract1528
further1529
to make stay of1530
surcease1530
prorogate1534
to fay upon longc1540
linger1543
retard?1543
slake1544
procrastine1548
reprieve1548
remit1550
suspense1556
leave1559
shiftc1562
suspend1566
procrastinate1569
dally1574
post1577
to hold off1580
drift1584
loiter1589
postpose1598
to take one's (own) timea1602
flag1602
slug1605
elong1610
belay1613
demur1613
tardya1616
to hang up1623
frist1637
disjourn1642
future1642
off1642
waive1653
superannuate1655
perendinate1656
stave1664
detard1675
remora1686
to put back1718
withhold1726
protract1737
to keep over1847
to hold over1853
laten1860
to lay over1885
hold1891
back-burner1975
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 111 To loyter well deserued gifts is not to giue but sell.

Compounds

loiter-sack n. Obsolete a lazy, lumpish fellow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person
caynard1303
sluggard1398
luskc1420
slugc1425
truantc1449
dawa1500
hummel?a1513
rook?a1513
wallydraigle?a1513
sloven1523
dronea1529
draw latch1538
slim1548
slouk1570
do-nothing1579
bumbiea1585
do-little1586
lazybones1593
luskin1593
do-naught1594
loiter-sack1594
bed-presser1598
lazy lizard1600
lazy-back1611
fainéant1618
nothing-do1623
trivant1624
slothful1648
lolpoop1661
tool1699
haggis1822
lazy-boots1832
lazy-legs1838
poke1847
never-sweat1851
slob1876
bum1882
haggis bag1892
lollop1896
trouble-shirker1908
warb1933
fuck-off1948
poop-butt1967
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii. sig. C3v If the loitersacke be gone springing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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