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loiter

/loi-ter/US // ˈlɔɪ tər //UK // (ˈlɔɪtə) //

闲逛,徘徊,游荡,徜徉

Related Words

traipse行走,行走路线,行走时,行车路线ramble漫步,漫步在路上linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前loll忽悠lounge休息室,休息区,休息室里,休息厅dawdle磨磨蹭蹭,磨蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨蹭了amble埋头苦干,模糊,模糊的,埋头苦干的人saunter步行,步行者,行走,漫步dabble摸索,掺杂,涉足,掺假loaf一块面包,一块面饼,一块钱,一块蛋糕hover悬停,徘徊,悬浮,盘旋shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿diddle哆哆嗦嗦,哆哆嗦嗦的,哆来咪tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳procrastinate拖延时间,拖延,拖拖拉拉,迟迟不动

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
    • : 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.
    • : to waste time or dawdle over work: He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pass in an idle or aimless manner: to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhang around; stroll
Forms: loitered, loitering
Synonyms
amble埋头苦干,模糊,模糊的,埋头苦干的人dawdle磨磨蹭蹭,磨蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨蹭了linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前loll忽悠lounge休息室,休息区,休息室里,休息厅ramble漫步,漫步在路上saunter步行,步行者,行走,漫步traipse行走,行走路线,行走时,行车路线dabble摸索,掺杂,涉足,掺假dally调戏,调皮捣蛋,调剂,调侃delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误diddle哆哆嗦嗦,哆哆嗦嗦的,哆来咪drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hover悬停,徘徊,悬浮,盘旋idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的loaf一块面包,一块面饼,一块钱,一块蛋糕pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿poke拨动,戳,戳戳,捅procrastinate拖延时间,拖延,拖拖拉拉,迟迟不动shamble烂摊子,摇摇欲坠,烂泥扶不上墙,一团糟shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slough滑坡,沼泽地,蜕皮,沼泽tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间trail小路,小径,踪迹,小道wait等待,伺候,侍候,等待着fritter away挥霍浪费,浪费掉,浪费掉的,挥霍无度get no place fast无所事事,无处可去,寸步难行,空空如也pass time消磨时间,过时间,消磨时光,逝去的时光put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行waste time浪费时间,耽误时间,耽搁时间,废话

Examples

  • Today, his berths are full and four of the ships loitering in San Pedro Bay are impatient for a spot.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • It was within an hour of midnight, and the weather being dark and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter.

  • We may not loiter along the Nithdale road, rich as it is in traditions and relics of the past.

  • 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.

  • Much depends, however, whether the object of the cruise is to loiter about and fish, or to sail and cover the ground.

  • Paul, the owner, would loiter in the rear, but was always on hand when we halted for meals.

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