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

• Yankee soldiers loitered everywhere and Scarlett looked at them uncertainly, some of her courage deserting her.
  北方士兵在到处溜达。思嘉心怀疑惧地看着他们，原先的勇气有点动摇了。
• But with no room in wards upstairs immediately available, he waited in the overcrowded emergency room for three days and sometimes loitered outside, investigators say.
  但调查人员表示，因为没能立即在楼上的住院部找到病房，他在过度拥挤的急诊室里等了三天，有时候还在急诊室外闲逛。
• "So have I loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best."
  “我读书、欣赏画、上戏院，听啦，想啦，写我最喜欢的东西啦就这样虚度了我的一生。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They loitered away their time.
  他们游手好闲地消磨时间。
• As we have loitered, the clouds have gathered.
  在我们闲逛的时候，云层集结起来。
• The promised car was not there to meet us, so we loitered furtively among the crowds.
  预约的接站车没有来接我们，于是我们就只好混在人群中闲逛。