idle英 [ˈaɪd(ə)l] 美 [ˈaɪd(ə)l]

adj. 无事可做的；懒惰的；闲置的；空闲的；琐碎无聊的，毫无意义的；虚张声势的，唬人的；（钱）现金保存的，存于无息账户的

v. 闲混，无所事事；使……停止工作，使闲散；（发动机、车辆）空转

[ 第三人称单数 idles 现在分词 idling 过去式 idled 过去分词 idled 比较级 idler 最高级 idlest ]

短语

idle time [计] [通信] 空闲时间 ; 停工时间 ; 空闲时间或状态

idle capital 游资

idle speed 怠速转速 ; 空转转速

idle [ 'aidl ]

n. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling"the car engine was running at idle"

v.run disconnected or idle同义词： tick over

be idle; exist in a changeless situation同义词： laze slug stagnate

adj.not in action or at work"an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

without a basis in reason or fact"idle fears"

同义词： baseless groundless unfounded unwarranted wild

not in active use"the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

同义词： unused

silly or trivial"idle pleasure"; "light idle chatter"

同义词： light

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility"idle talk"

同义词： loose

not yielding a return"idle funds"

同义词： dead

not having a job"idle carpenters"

同义词： jobless out of work

以上来源于: WordNet

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

idle /ˈaɪdəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( idling, idled, idles )

1. ADJ If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work. 无事可做的 [v-link ADJ]

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。

2. ADJ If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used. (机器或工厂) 闲置的 [v-link ADJ]

例：Now the machine is lying idle.

现在这台机器正处于闲置状态。

3. ADJ 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 [表不满]

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

…整天看报纸，无所事事的官僚们。

4. idly ADV 无所事事地 [ADV with v]

例：We were not idly sitting around.

我们并非坐着没事干。

5. ADJ Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do. 无聊的 [ADJ n]

例：Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

布赖恩又无聊地闲扯了5分钟。

6. idly ADV 无聊地

例：We talked idly about magazines and baseball我们闲聊着杂志和棒球。

7. ADJ 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 [ADJ n]

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

那不过是虚张声势的威胁。

8. 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。

词组短语同近义词同根词词语辨析

idle time 空闲时间，闲置时间；停工时间，停歇时间

idle away 浪费光阴，虚度时间

idle speed 低速，怠速；空转速度

idle equipment 闲置设备

idle state 静止状态

更多词组短语

adj. 闲置的；懒惰的；停顿的stopped , lazy

vi. 无所事事；虚度；[机]空转sit around , lie about

vt. 虚度；[机]使空转moon , dream away

词根： idle

adv.idly 无所事事地；懒惰地，空闲地；无益地

n.idleness 懒惰；闲散；失业

idler 懒汉；游手好闲的人；[机] 惰轮；中间齿轮

idle, lazy

这组词都有“闲散，懒惰”的意思，其区别是：

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。

以上来源于网络

双语例句权威例句

Now the machine is lying idle.

现在这台机器正处于闲置状态。

In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.

他空闲时就刻木雕。

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。

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