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单词 loaf
释义 loaf
I. \ˈlōf\ noun
(plural loaves \-ōvz\ ; also loafs \-ōfs\)
Etymology: Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf bread, loaf; akin to Old High German hleib, leib bread, loaf, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
1.
 a. : a shaped or molded mass of bread
  < a loaf of white bread >
  < loaf bread and rolls >
 b. : a hollowed crust of a loaf of bread with a specified filling
  < oyster loaf >
2. : a regularly molded often rectangular mass
 < a loaf of cheese >
 < dried banana loaves >
as
 a. : a conical mass of sugar
  < sugar loaf >
 b. : a baked dish consisting usually of a specified main ingredient (as ground meat or fish) held together with soft crumbs or eggs and a liquid (as milk or tomato sauce)
  < beef loaf >
  < salmon loaf >
3.
 a. : a thick lump or mass
  < her dark hair piled into an overhanging loaf — William Sansom >
 b. Britain : a head of a vegetable (as cabbage)
4. or loaf of bread slang Britain : head, mind
 < going to be a useful boy, so long as you use your loaf — Robert Westerby >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably back-formation from loafer (I)
intransitive verb
: to spend time in idleness : to lounge or loiter about or along : do no work
 < fired when he loafed on the job >
 < cast the fly and loaf and dream — Henry van Dyke >
 < a place where the cows loaf, usually near water, shade, or shelter — Plan & Profit with Herefords >
 < got up slowly from the settee in the corner and loafed across the … lobby — Raymond Chandler >
 < the herring gull … loafs along on slow wingbeats — Brooks Atkinson >
transitive verb
: to spend in idleness
 < crowds of men who had come to loaf the evening away — Sherwood Anderson >

- loaf one's way
III. noun
(-s)
: a time spent at loafing
 < went camping for a good loaf >
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