idling的中文翻译是什么意思

idling

UK/'aɪdl/

v. 虚度( idle的现在分词 ); 空转; 挂空挡; 未熄火

idling柯林斯释义

ADJ无事可做的;闲散的

If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.

  • 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 are idle, they are not working or being used.

  • Now the machine is lying idle.

    如今机器闲置着。

  • ...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 is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be.

  • ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...

    无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们

  • 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

Idle is used to describe something that you do for no particular reason, often because you have nothing better to do.

  • Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

    布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。

  • ...idle curiosity.

    无聊的好奇心

ADJ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.

  • 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 an idle threat or boast when you do not think the person making it will or can do what they say.

  • It was more of an idle threat than anything...

    那其实是唬人的话。

  • 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 you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.

  • 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。

  • 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。

VERB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.

  • ...idled assembly plants.

    停业的装配厂

VERB使闲散;使无事可做

To idle workers means to stop them working.

  • The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.

    罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

VERB(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.

  • 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。

  • 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。

idling英文释义

Noun

1. having no employment

    idling场景例句

    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。

    He is always idling around street corners.

    他老是在街头角落闲逛.

    Residents were mowing their lawns, washing their cars and otherwise idling away a pleasant, sunny day.

    居民们有的在刈草,有的在洗车,还有的在悠闲地享受阳光灿烂的怡人时光。

    The car engine has been idling away for several minutes.

    汽车的发动机空转了几分钟.

    Instead of working, Jack was idling away his time.

    杰克不去工作, 虚度着光阴.

    查看更多例句