loiter的意思

loiter

英式音标['lɔɪtɚ]
美式英标['lɒɪtə]

基本解释

vi. 虚度；闲荡；徘徊

vt. 虚度；闲荡；混

n. (Loiter)人名；(俄)洛伊特

loiter 逗留，停留

来自Proto-Germanic*lutana,弯腰，蹲下，休息，来自PIE*leud,蜷缩，变小，词源同lout,little.引申词义休息，逗留，停留。

loiter (v.): early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyðre "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.

2. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.: 失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。