时间: 2025-04-26 08:20:28
美: ['aɪdl]
英: ['aɪd(ə)l]
adj. 闲置的;懒惰的;停顿的
vi. 无所事事;虚度;空转
vt. 虚度;使空转
最后更新时间:2025-04-26 08:20:28
词源分析:Idle来源于古英语“idla”,意为“空的、无用的”。该词没有明显的前缀和后缀,主要由词根构成。
历史背景:该词的首次使用可以追溯到中世纪时期,常用来形容无所事事或不活跃的状态。
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正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:
The engine is idle, waiting for the driver to start it.
这台引擎处于空转状态,等待司机启动车辆。
After finishing my assignments, I found myself idle for hours.
完成作业后,我发现自己闲了好几个小时。
The factory has been idle due to a lack of orders.
由于缺乏订单,工厂一直处于闲置状态。
He was idle during the meeting, not contributing any ideas.
在会议期间,他闲着,没有贡献任何想法。
The child was idle, staring at the wall instead of playing.
孩子闲着,盯着墙壁,而不是玩耍。
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通过以上的学*和分析,可以更深入理解“idle”这个单词的用法及其在不同语境中的应用。
[[v-link ADJ]] If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 无事可做的
例:4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.4千名工人在今年最初的27个星期中有12个星期无事可干。
[[v-link ADJ]] If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. (机器或工厂) 闲置的
例:Now the machine is lying idle.现在这台机器正处于闲置状态。
[[表不满]] If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be. 无所事事的
例:...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers.…整天看报纸,无所事事的官僚们。
[[ADV with v]] idly 无所事事地
例:We were not idly sitting around.我们并非坐着没事干。
[[ADJ n]] Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 无聊的
例:Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.布赖恩又无聊地闲扯了5分钟。
[ADV] idly 无聊地
例:We talked idly about magazines and baseball.我们闲聊着杂志和棒球。
[[ADJ n]] You refer to an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say. 虚张声势的
例:It was more of an idle threat than anything.那不过是虚张声势的威胁。
[V-I] If an engine or vehicle is idling, the engine is running slowly and quietly because it is not in gear, and the vehicle is not moving. (发动机等) 低速空转
例:Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled.在树丛的那一边,一架小飞机的发动机空转着。