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单词 layabout
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layabout

[ ley-uh-bout ]
/ ˈleɪ əˌbaʊt /
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noun Chiefly British.

a lazy or idle person; loafer.

Origin of layabout

1930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about

Words nearby layabout

laxation, laxative, laxity, Laxness, lay, layabout, lay about one, lay a finger on, Layamon, lay analyst, lay an egg
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British Dictionary definitions for layabout

layabout
/ (ˈleɪəˌbaʊt) /

noun

a lazy person; loafer

verb lay about

(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) old-fashioned to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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