单词 | loaf |
释义 | loaf loaf1 /lohf/, n. , pl. loaves /lohvz/. 1. a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top. 2. a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf. 3. Brit. a. the rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc. b. Slang (older use). head or brains: Use your loaf. [bef. 950; ME lo(o)f, OE hlaf loaf, bread; c. G Laib, ON hleifr, Goth hlaifs] loaf2 /lohf/, v.i. 1. to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing. 2. to lounge or saunter lazily and idly: We loafed for hours along the water's edge. v.t. 3. to pass idly (usually fol. by away): to loaf one's life away. [1825-35, Amer.; back formation from LOAFER] Syn. 2. loll, idle. |
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