adj.(形容词)

1. 懒惰的；懒散的；无所事事的，吊儿郎当的
2. 空闲的；不忙的；无聊的；闲散的，悠闲的，无活动的
3. 无根据的，无理由的
4. 无益的，无价值的，无意义的
5. 闲置的，未利用的
6. 徒劳的，无效的，无用的
7. 无目的的
8. 不在工作的，失业的
9. 【机】空转的
10. 【物】无功的，空载的

n.(名词)

1. （发动机的）空转，怠速，空载

v.(动词)

1. 让（发动机等）空转
2. 虚度，浪费，混（常与away连用）
3. 使空闲，使没事干，使闲着
4. 使闲置
5. 闲逛，闲混，闲散，闲荡
6. （机器）空转，怠速运转，慢转，挂空挡

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 虚度,闲逛 waste time doing nothing
2. vt. & vi. 空转 tick over

adj.(形容词)

1. 空闲的,闲着的 not working or operating productively
2. 懒散的,无所事事的 lazy, wasting time
3. 无根据的; 无聊的 not based on fact or good reason
4. [A]无意义的,无特别意图的 having no particular purpose

Noun:

1. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling;

   "the car engine was running at idle"
   

Adjective:

1. not in action or at work;

   "an idle laborer"
   "idle drifters"
   "the idle rich"
   "an idle mind"
   

2. without a basis in reason or fact;

   "baseless gossip"
   "the allegations proved groundless"
   "idle fears"
   "unfounded suspicions"
   "unwarranted jealousy"
   

3. not in active use;

   "the machinery sat idle during the strike"
   "idle hands"
   

4. silly or trivial;

   "idle pleasure"
   "light banter"
   "light idle chatter"
   

5. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;

   "idle talk"
   "a loose tongue"
   

6. not yielding a return;

   "dead capital"
   "idle funds"
   

7. not having a job;

   "idle carpenters"
   "jobless transients"
   "many people in the area were out of work"
   

Verb:

1. run disconnected or idle;

   "the engine is idling"
   

2. be idle; exist in a changeless situation;

   "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
   "He slugged in bed all morning"
   

1.无事可做的;闲散的
If people who were working areidle, they have no jobs or work.

e.g. Employees have beenidle almost a month because of shortages.
由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。

2.(机器、工厂等)闲置的
If machines or factories areidle, they are not working or being used.

e.g. Now the machine is lyingidle.
如今机器闲置着。
e.g. ...factories that had beenidle for years.
已经闲置多年的工厂

3.懒散的;懒惰的;无所事事的
If you say that someone isidle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be.

idle

e.g. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
e.g. I never met such anidle bunch of workers in all my life!
我一辈子都没碰到过像他们这样吃白饭的工人！

idleness
idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.
懒散是人性中很糟糕的一面。idly
We were not idly sitting around.
我们并非坐着没事干。

4.琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的
idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do.

idle

e.g. Brian kept up theidle chatter for another five minutes.
布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
e.g. ...idle curiosity.
无聊的好奇心

idly
We talked idly about magazines and baseball...
我们漫不经心地谈论杂志和棒球。
'Has there been an accident?' Gary asked, idly curious.
“出什么事故了吗?”加里问道，漫不经心又好奇。

5.徒劳的;徒然的;无用的
If you say thatit is idle to do something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything.

e.g. It would beidle to pretend the system is perfect.
假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

6.虚张声势的;唬人的
You refer to anidle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say.

e.g. It was more of anidle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。
e.g. His statement isn't merely anidle boast.
他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。

7.无所事事;闲混;闲逛
If youidle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.

e.g. When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...
他们到他家后，斯科比闲逛了一会儿，抽完了他的香烟。
e.g. We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...
露天小市场的三面都有小餐馆，我们在其中一家餐馆闲呆了很长时间。

8.使（工厂等）停工
Toidle a factory or other place of work means to close it down because there is no work to do or because the workers are on strike.

e.g. ...idled assembly plants.
停业的装配厂

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 shut down

9.使闲散;使无事可做
Toidle workers means to stop them working.

idle的意思

e.g. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 lay off

10.(发动机、车辆)空转
If an engine or vehicleis idling, the engine is running slowly and quietly because it is not in gear, and the vehicle is not moving.

e.g. Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...
在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。
e.g. Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。

相关词组：idle away

1. 空闲的：备份 节点不执行任务,被认为是 空闲的(idle这种配置有时被称为 冷备份(cold standby). 这样的配置需要高度的硬件冗余. 本系列文章关注的重点是冷备份配置. 接管(Takeover)配置:一种更高级的配置,在这种配置中,

Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.

闲来无事，我们常去逛逛商店。

idle folks have the least leisure.

懒惰的人最没空闲。

No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.

不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。

I never believe idle reports.

我从来不信捕风捉影的传闻。

The strike idled many workers.

罢工使许多工人没事干。

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome, British humorist)

除非有大量的工作,否则就不可能尽情享受空闲时光。(英国幽默家杰罗姆)

I hate you to idle about.

我不喜欢你游手好闲。

We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.

我们不应该把宝贵的时间消磨在闲谈之中。

He is always idling about street corners.

他总是在街道角落那闲逛。

'You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!

“你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！

The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.

罢工使近4 000名工人闲着没事干。

She left the car idling at the roadside.

她把汽车挂空挡停在路边。

They idled along by the river (= walked slowly and with no particular purpose) .

他们沿着河边闲逛。

They idled the days away, talking and watching television.

他们天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。

['u4e0d'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd]After a period of enforced idleness, she found a new job.

她在被迫闲散了一段时间之后，找到了份新工作。

In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.

他空闲时就刻木雕。

It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.

佯称他们的婚姻有多美满是无意义的。

It was just an idle threat (= not serious) .

那只不过是吓唬吓唬而已。

idle chatter'/curiosity

无聊的唠叨 / 好奇

Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.

现在有超过百分之十的劳动力闲置。

to lie'/stand'/remain idle

闲置着

an idle student

懒散的学生

Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.

她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命,发动机在空转。

The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.

罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled...

在树林的那一边,一架小飞机停在那里,发动机在空转。

...idled assembly plants.

停业的装配厂

We spent many hours idling in one of the cafes that line three sides of the tiny piazza...

露天小市场的三面都有小餐馆，我们在其中一家餐馆闲呆了很长时间。

When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette...

他们到他家后，斯科比闲逛了一会儿，抽完了他的香烟。

His statement isn't merely an idle boast.

他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。

It was more of an idle threat than anything...

那其实是唬人的话。

It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.

假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。

...idle curiosity.

无聊的好奇心

I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!

我一辈子都没碰到过像他们这样吃白饭的工人！

...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...

无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们

...factories that had been idle for years.

已经闲置多年的工厂

Now the machine is lying idle.

如今机器闲置着。

Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.

由于原料短缺，员工们已将近一个月无事可做。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. They idled before cafes.
   他们在餐馆前闲逛。
2. The car idled in the driveway.
   这辆车在行车道上停着。
3. The windmill idled in the breeze.
   风车在微风中慢慢地转动。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The strike idled the workers for days.
   罢工使工人们好多天无事可做。

用作定语～+ n.

1. We spent many idle hours during the holidays.
   在假期中我们度过了很多空闲的时间。
2. They didn't want to live idle lives.
   他们不愿过闲散的生活。
3. How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!
   这一生中,无聊的闲话引起多少烦恼啊!
4. I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
   我不知道我为什么问这问题——只是出于无意义的好奇心吧。
5. An idle person will never find or understand real happiness.
   一个懒汉永远找不到也永远不懂得真正的幸福。
6. An idle worker is a waste of money.
   工人懒散就是浪费金钱。
7. Every evening on my way home I see that idle fellow.
   每天晚上在回家的路上我都能见到那个游手好闲的家伙。

用作表语S+be+～

1. When men can't find employment, they are idle.
   当人们找不到工作时,他们便空闲着。
2. Men are idle when machines break down.
   机器坏了时,人们都没事做。

S+be+～+to- v

1. He is too idle to do anything.
   他太懒了,不干任何事。

It is/was+～+to- v

1. It's idle to expect help from that man.
   指望那人帮助是没用的。
2. It would be idle to argue further.
   再辩论下去也不会有什么效果。
3. I knew what would happen, but it was idle to warn them;they wouldn't listen.
   我知道将要发生什么事，但是警告他们也没用，他们不听。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

1. The factory closed and left hundreds of employees idle.
   工厂关闭使数百名雇员无事可做。
2. The fuel shortage has left many airplanes idle.
   燃料的短缺使很多飞机停飞。

idle about〔around〕¹ (v.+adv.)

虚度时光 spend time lazily
idle about

Don't idle about.

不要闲逛。

There was no work in the office this afternoon so everyone idled about.

今天下午办公室里无事,所以大家都闲着。

She is a very active sort of person and can't bear to see others idling around.

她是那种积极肯干的人,看不惯别人的懒散。

idle about〔around〕² (v.+prep.)

在…附近闲逛 waste time around some place
idle about〔around〕 sth

He is always idling about street corners.

他老是在街头角落闲逛。

He idled around the house all morning.

他一上午都在房子附近闲逛。

idle away (v.+adv.)

空转 (of a car) to run very slowly without being connected to the wheels, continuously or for some time

～+名词

• idle%20one%27s%20time">idle one's time混时间,虚度光阴

～+副词

• idle%20continually">idle continually不断地闲逛
• idle%20deliberately">idle deliberately故意地闲逛
• idle%20delightfully">idle delightfully高兴地游荡
• idle%20dreadfully">idle dreadfully恐惧地游荡
• idle%20languidly">idle languidly无精打采地闲逛
• idle%20lazily">idle lazily懒散地闲逛
• idle%20naturally">idle naturally自然地游荡
• idle%20remarkably">idle remarkably不平常地闲逛
• idle%20selfishly">idle selfishly利己地虚度
• idle%20sleepily">idle sleepily困乏地游荡
• idle%20strangely">idle strangely奇怪地闲逛
• idle%20stupidly">idle stupidly傻傻地闲逛
• idle%20unusually">idle unusually不同寻常地游荡
• idle%20about%E3%80%94along%2C%20around%E3%80%95">idle about〔along, around〕无所事事
• idle%20away">idle away虚度
• idle%20away%20one%27s%20time">idle away one's time虚度光阴
• idle%20down%20a%20motor">idle down a motor让马达空转

～+介词

• idle%20about">idle about在…附近闲逛
• idle%20in%20the%20driveway">idle in the driveway停在车道上

～+名词

• idle%20bread%E3%80%94capital%E3%80%95">idle bread〔capital〕闲饭〔散资金〕
• idle%20dream">idle dream痴心妄想
• idle%20fear">idle fear无端的恐惧
• idle%20gear">idle gear惰轮
• idle%20hours">idle hours悠闲的日子
• idle%20personnel">idle personnel闲杂人员
• idle%20rumors">idle rumors无根据的谎言
• idle%20tales">idle tales闲话
• idle%20worm">idle worm游手好闲的人

动词+～

• idle">lie idle闲置
• idle">run idle(机器)空转
• idle">stand idle袖手旁观,被闲置

• It is idle to propose remedies, before we are assured of the disease.

  出自：Swift

• I'm sorry. It was just idle curiosity.

  出自：A. Trew

• A clear brown brook idles through the pastures.

  出自：W. D. Howells

v.(动词)

1. idle的基本意思是指人不是把时间花在工作上,而是懒散、无目的地“虚度光阴”“闲逛”。本词可用于强烈地责备,也可用于指正当的、愉快的行为。引申可表示机器等“空转”。
2. idle既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与about, around , away等连用。

v.(动词)

idle, laze, loaf, loll, lounge

这组词都可表示“无所事事”。它们之间的区别是:idle指人或物闲置无事或无目的、无意义地动作,含有指责的意味,有时也指正当的消遣; loaf指混日子或漫无目的地游荡; lounge指懒洋洋地靠着或躺着,引申指闲逛或吊儿郎当地混日子; loll与lounge同意,但更强调懒散或无拘束的样子; laze则侧重于忙人在假日或空闲的时候闲散。

adj.(形容词)

idle, lazy

这两个词的共同意思是“懒散的”。其区别是：

lazy指人的性情贪闲偷懒,松懈拖沓,在工作或学习上不勤奋或根本厌恶努力向上,一般用作贬义词;idle多指人由于客观原因而一时无事可做或物闲置他处,一般不含贬义,有时也指懒惰,但不如lazy常用。例如:

In that country many workers were unemployed and forced to remain idle.在那个国家有许多工人失业,被迫闲混。

He is a lazy fellow.Don't expect him to finish the work in time.他是个懒蛋,别指望他按时完成工作。

idle，lazy

这两个形容词均有“闲散、懒惰”之意。

idle通常指不忙，无事可干，一般不含应责备之意。

lazy指好逸恶劳，贪闲偷懒，或不愿学习或工作等，常含应受责备之意。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的idel，意为空的，无用的。