loiter / ˈlɔɪ tər /

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loiter2 个定义

v. 无主动词 verb
  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. 有主动词 verb
  1. to pass in an idle or aimless manner: to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.

loiter 近义词

v. 动词 verb

hang around; stroll

更多loiter例句

  1. Today, his berths are full and four of the ships loitering in San Pedro Bay are impatient for a spot.
  2. Wood said in a later interview that he wished he could have told that man about all the times he’d felt profiled by police — beginning when an officer warned him as a middle-schooler about loitering as he played basketball.
  3. On another night, that bunch of teens loitering on a street corner was our pod analyzing the use of public space with a fellow parent, an urban planner.
  4. It was within an hour of midnight, and the weather being dark and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter.
  5. We may not loiter along the Nithdale road, rich as it is in traditions and relics of the past.
  6. I believe that is why Jim has a definite camping place in mind for each day and doesnt let us loiter much along the way.
  7. Much depends, however, whether the object of the cruise is to loiter about and fish, or to sail and cover the ground.
  8. Paul, the owner, would loiter in the rear, but was always on hand when we halted for meals.