loitered

英 [ˈlɔɪtəd]

美 [ˈlɔɪtərd]

v.  闲站着; 闲荡; 徘徊
loiter的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛；游荡；徘徊
  If youloitersomewhere, you remain there or walk up and down without any real purpose.
  1. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.
     失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。

双语例句

• They loitered away their time.
  他们游手好闲地消磨时间。
• I loitered away the time in looking through the shop windows.
  我以观看商店橱窗来消磨时光。
• John loitered in front of Woolworth's staring at the candy display, trying to decide what candy to buy.
  约翰在伍尔沃思商店门前转来转去，眼睛盯着橱窗里陈列的糖果，拿不定主意该买哪一种。
• He loitered down to the station.
  他溜达到了火车站。
• For a few moments he loitered upon the doorstep, looking round at the silent square.
  他在门前台阶上耽搁了一下，打量了一下寂静的广场。
• But Scarlett loitered, wondering how to bring up the subject of Ashley without permitting Gerald to suspect her motive.
  可是思嘉还在踌躇，不知怎样才能把话题转到艾希礼身上而又不让杰拉尔德怀疑她的用意。
• The sun went down in a blaze of blush, the moon loitered behind the trees, and the south wind whispered to the lotus that the poet was not as simple as he seemed.
  太阳羞红了脸，下山了，月亮在树林里徘徊踟蹰，南风轻轻地告诉芙蓉：这诗人似乎不像他外表那样单纯呀！
• She loitered away the whole morning.
  她把整个上午的时间闲混过去了。
• Behind Foshan Fengfu's gates, workers loitered in their company uniforms.
  在工厂的大门后面，工人们穿着公司制服四处闲逛。
• Through a window a soft light glowed, where, no doubt, the organist loitered over the keys, making sure of his mastery of the coming Sabbath anthem.
  柔和的灯光透过一扇窗户射出来，毫无疑问，在那儿，风琴师的手指正游弋在键盘上，设法练好星期日要弹奏的圣歌。