| 释义 |
lie around/about1(Of an object) be left carelessly out of place: I became irritated at the pills and potions lying around the house...- Too many innocent lives are lost owing to power cables left lying around carelessly.
- I did consider having a quick rake around to see if anything significant was lying around, but thought better of it.
- Big, dirty green and around the size of footballs they lay around till late evening when the courtyard is cleaned for the procession.
1.1(Of a person) pass the time lazily or aimlessly: you all just lay around all day on your backsides, didn’t you?...- Instead, relaxing, lying around in bed, going out and eating nice food was the order of the day.
- I'd basically lie around and wait for it to pass.
- No one came over, no one went out, and we just lied around and hung out as a family.
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