idles

英 [ˈaɪdlz]

美 [ˈaɪdlz]

v.  混时间; 闲荡; 无所事事; 空转; 挂空挡; 未熄火; (尤指暂时地)关闭工厂，使(工人)闲着
idle的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 无事可做的;闲散的
  If people who were working areidle, they have no jobs or work.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的
  If machines or factories areidle, they are not working or being used.
  1. Now the machine is lying idle.
     如今机器闲置着。
  2. ...factories that had been idle for years.
     已经闲置多年的工厂
• ADJ 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.
  1. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
     无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
  2. 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！
• ADJ 琐碎无聊的;毫无意义的
  Idleis used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do.
  1. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
     布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
  2. ...idle curiosity.
     无聊的好奇心
• ADJ 徒劳的;徒然的;无用的
  If you say thatit is idle todo something, you mean that it is not worth doing it, because it will not achieve anything.
  1. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
     假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
• ADJ 虚张声势的;唬人的
  You refer to anidlethreat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say.
  1. It was more of an idle threat than anything...
     那其实是唬人的话。
  2. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
     他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
• VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛
  If youidle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. He idled around afterwards, window shopping until about 5pm.
     然后他就闲逛，浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。
• VERB 使（工厂等）停工
  Toidlea 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.
  1. ...idled assembly plants.
     停业的装配厂

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


• VERB 使闲散;使无事可做
  Toidleworkers means to stop them working.
  1. 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


• VERB (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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He is not a good driver and often idles the enginge down.
  他不是个好司机，常常让发动机空转。
• When the PCY valve sticks in the intermediate position, the engine idles rough and stalls frequently.
  PCV阀在过渡状况被粘住时，发动机会出现怠速不稳和频繁息火的故障。
• The idler idles away the hours watching TV.
  那个游手好闲的人把时间浪费在看电视上。
• PLC controls the two stepping motors to drive workpieces double feed, an idles old common lathe is refit into a special equipment to process end face and center hole by using numerical controlled technique.
  同时，采用PLC控制两台步进电机驱动工件实现自动进给，使其成为一台适用于轴类零件中心孔和端面加工的专用机床。
• He who idles away the time is nothing but a living death.
  虚度年华者，虽生犹死。
• One tooth works while the other one idles and gets no stimulation in its root area.
  一颗牙齿在工作，另一颗则闲着，它的牙根部得不到刺激。
• He often idles away many hours.
  他常常虚度好几个小时。
• A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him.
  沉迷于旅馆和酒吧来寻找养活他们的女性的男人。
• He idles away his time watching television.
  他看电视虚度光阴。
• Human ingenuity never idles.
  人类智能永远不会闲置的。