| 单词 | loiter |
| 释义 | loiter —loiterer, n. —loiteringly, adv. /loy"teuhr/, v.i. 1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal. 2. to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.: to loiter on the way to work. 3. to waste time or dawdle over work: He loiters over his homework until one in the morning. v.t. 4. to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually fol. by away): to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming. [1300-50; ME loteren, loytren, perh. < MD loteren to stagger, totter; cf. D leuteren to dawdle] Syn. 1. LOITER, DALLY, DAWDLE, IDLE imply moving or acting slowly, stopping for unimportant reasons, and in general wasting time. To LOITER is to linger aimlessly: to loiter outside a building. To DALLY is to loiter indecisively or to delay as if free from care or responsibility: to dally on the way home. To DAWDLE is to saunter, stopping often, and taking a great deal of time, or to fritter away time working in a halfhearted way: to dawdle over a task. To IDLE is to move slowly and aimlessly, or to spend a great deal of time doing nothing: to idle away the hours. 1-4. loaf. 2, 3. delay, tarry. |
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