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单词 mooch
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mooch /mutʃ/USA pronunciation   [Slang.]
v. 
  1. Slang Termsto borrow without intending to return or repay: [no object]always mooching off his friends.[~ + object]Stop mooching cigarettes and just buy your own.
  2. Slang Terms to loiter or wander about:[no object]mooching around her old neighborhood.

n. [countable]
  1. Also, ˈmooch•er. a person who mooches.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mooch  (mo̅o̅ch),USA pronunciation [Slang.]
v.t. 
  1. Slang Termsto borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
  2. Slang Termsto get or take without paying or at another's expense;
    sponge:He always mooches cigarettes.
  3. Slang Termsto beg.
  4. Slang Termsto steal.

v.i. 
  1. Slang Termsto skulk or sneak.
  2. Slang Termsto loiter or wander about.

n. 
Also, mooch′er. a person who mooches. Also, mouch. 
  • Old French muchier to skulk, hide
  • late Middle English, apparently variant of Middle English michen 1425–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mooch /muːtʃ/ vb slang
  1. (intransitive) often followed by around: to loiter or walk aimlessly
  2. (intransitive) to behave in an apathetic way
  3. (intransitive) to sneak or lurk; skulk
  4. (transitive) to cadge
  5. (transitive) chiefly US Canadian to steal
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk

ˈmoocher n
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