英语词汇“loiterer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

loiterloiter /ˈlɔɪt̮ɚ/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYloiter

Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from Middle Dutch loteren to be loose

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

1to stand or wait somewhere, especially in a public place, without any clear reason: loiter in/around etc. Teens were loitering in the parking lot.2to move or do something slowly, or to keep stopping when you should keep moving: loiter over No one has time to loiter over a meal these days.—loiterer noun [countable]