loiter

• vi. 虚度；闲荡；徘徊
• vt. 虚度；闲荡；混
• n. (Loiter)人名；(俄)洛伊特

来自Proto-Germanic*lutana,弯腰，蹲下，休息，来自PIE*leud,蜷缩，变小，词源同lout,little.引申词义休息，逗留，停留。

loiter (v.)

early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyðre "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.

1. We'll be left behind if we loiter.

我们如果游荡,就会落后了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.

失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。

来自辞典例句

3. He had no great temptation to loiter.

他实在没有闲逛的雅兴.

来自辞典例句

4. Don't loiter on your way home from school.

不可在放学回家的路上闲逛.

来自辞典例句

5. Don't loiter away your time.

别虚掷光阴.

来自口语例句