单词	loiter
释义	loiterloi‧ter /ˈlɔɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINloiter Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from Middle Dutch loteren ‘to be loose’ Verb Table VERB TABLE loiter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they loiter he, she, it loiters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they loitered Present perfect I, you, we, they have loitered he, she, it has loitered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had loitered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will loiter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have loitered Continuous Form Present I am loitering he, she, it is loitering you, we, they are loitering Past I, he, she, it was loitering you, we, they were loitering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been loitering he, she, it has been loitering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been loitering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be loitering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been loitering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES No one has time to loiter over a meal these days. Teens were loitering in the parking lot. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A policeman had suspected them for loitering about, they wouldn't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves. But two blackshirts loitered behind him anyway. He loitered in the parking lot, pleasantly bemused by the coquettish chatter of juniors who courted him. He looked at Kopyion, loitering as if he wanted to say something. I loitered on street corners staring at caterpillars fallen to the sidewalk. Schools of sunfish still loiter there, and Stuart hooks one of their members and stiff-poles it right in. Since then, the wealthier children have headed out to the suburbs, where loitering is legal. Their blunt heads were clearly visible as they loitered, grey-black like bow-headed submarines. Thesaurus THESAURUS► stay to not leave a place, or to be in a place for a particular period of time: · Stay where you are and don’t move.· John only stayed at the party for a couple of hours. ► remain formal to stay somewhere. In written English, people often prefer to use remain rather than stay, because it sounds more formal: · Some 2,000 protesters remained outside the building and refused to leave.· The judge recommended that he remain in jail for the rest of his life. ► linger to stay in a place a little longer than you need to, because you are enjoying yourself, or because you hope to see someone or something: · He lingered outside the lecture hall, hoping for a chance to talk to her.· There are plenty of small cafés where you can linger over a cappuccino. ► loiter to stay in a place not doing anything – used when you think someone is waiting for the chance to do something bad or illegal: · The two men had been seen loitering in the area on the day that the car was stolen. ► hang around informal to stay somewhere not doing anything: · There are gangs of boys hanging around on street corners.· I don’t mind hanging around for a few minutes.· The boss doesn’t like being kept hanging around. ► stick around informal to stay in the same place or situation for a period of time, especially while you are waiting for something to happen or someone to arrive: · I decided to stick around and see how it all turned out.· Make up your mind. I’m not going to stick around forever. 1to stand or wait somewhere, especially in a public place, without any clear reason SYN  hang about, hang around:  Five or six teenagers were loitering in front of the newsagent’s.► see thesaurus at stay2to move or do something slowly, or to keep stopping when you should keep moving
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