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

单词	loiter
释义	loi·ter \ˈlȯid.ə(r), -ȯitə-\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English loteren, loiteren, probably from Middle Dutch loteren to shake, wiggle, be loose (whence Dutch leuteren to dawdle); probably akin to Old English lūtian to lurk, lūtan to bend, stoop, Old High German luzēn to lurk, Old Norse lūta to bow down — more at little 1. : to interrupt or delay an activity or an errand or a journey with or as if with aimless idle stops and pauses and purposeless distractions < asked him not to loiter on the way home > : fritter away time in the course of doing something or proceeding somewhere < don't loiter on the job > : take more time than is usual or necessary : be markedly or unduly slow in doing something or going somewhere : dawdle, linger 2. a. : to remain in or near a place in an idle or apparently idle manner : hang around aimlessly or as if aimlessly < vagrants found loitering outside the building > < loitering in the clubhouse — Furman Bisher > < loitered in the shade of the awnings — Sherwood Anderson > b. : to be unnecessarily slow in leaving : fitfully put off leaving : hang back : stay around without real necessity : lag behind < a crowd of people, who loitered to hear the bloodcurdling threats the prisoner shouted — Willa Cather > Synonyms: see delay
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