idle

noun

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

e.g. the car engine was running at idle

verb

1. run disconnected or idle

e.g. the engine is idling

Synonym: tick over

2. be idle
exist in a changeless situation

e.g. The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning

Synonym: lazeslugstagnate

adj

1. not in active use

e.g. the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands

Synonym: unused

2. not in action or at work

e.g. an idle laborer
idle drifters
the idle rich
an idle mind

3. not having a job

e.g. idle carpenters
jobless transients
many people in the area were out of work

Synonym: joblessout of work

4. not yielding a return

e.g. dead capital
idle funds

Synonym: dead

5. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

e.g. idle talk
a loose tongue

Synonym: loose

6. silly or trivial

e.g. idle pleasure
light banter
light idle chatter

Synonym: light

7. without a basis in reason or fact

e.g. baseless gossip
the allegations proved groundless
idle fears
unfounded suspicions
unwarranted jealousy

Synonym: baselessgroundlessunfoundedunwarrantedwild

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

e.g. 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。

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

e.g. Now the machine is lying idle.
如今机器闲置着。
e.g. ...factories that had been idle 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 is idle, 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 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！

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 the idle 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 that it is idle to do something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything.

e.g. It would be idle 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 an idle 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 an idle threat than anything...
那其实是唬人的话。
e.g. His statement isn't merely an idle 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 you idle, 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
To idle 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
To idle 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 vehicle is 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。

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