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loiterer

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

游手好闲的人,游手好闲者,游荡者,闲逛者

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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.

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Examples

  • "Unvexed loiterer by the world's green ways" struck forcibly upon him.

  • Here and there in the passing crowds one might see, now and then, a loiterer edging interestedly near.

  • The Loiterer began calmly to read solidly through column after column to find this wonderfully exciting paragraph.

  • The Loiterer, evidently with this insufficent statute in mind, made some very intelligent remarks propos of this question.

  • The professional window shopper is a vagabond at heart—a loiterer by nature.