idles

英 [ˈaɪdlz] 美 [ˈaɪdlz]

v.  混时间; 闲荡; 无所事事; 空转; 挂空挡; 未熄火; (尤指暂时地)关闭工厂，使(工人)闲着
idle的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 无事可做的;闲散的
    If people who were working are idle, they have no jobs or work.
    1. 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。
  2. ADJ (机器、工厂等)闲置的
    If machines or factories are idle, they are not working or being used.
    1. Now the machine is lying idle.
      如今机器闲置着。
    2. ...factories that had been idle for years.
      已经闲置多年的工厂
  3. 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.
    1. ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers...
      无所事事、整天看报纸的官僚们
    2. 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！
  4. 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.
    1. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
      布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
    2. ...idle curiosity.
      无聊的好奇心
  5. 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.
    1. It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
      假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。
  6. 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.
    1. It was more of an idle threat than anything...
      那其实是唬人的话。
    2. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
      他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
  7. VERB 无所事事;闲混;闲逛
    If you idle, you spend time in a lazy way, doing nothing in particular.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. He idled around afterwards, window shopping until about 5pm.
      然后他就闲逛，浏览橱窗直到下午 5 点钟左右。
  8. 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.
    1. ...idled assembly plants.
      停业的装配厂

    9. in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 shut down

  9. VERB 使闲散;使无事可做
    To idle workers means to stop them working.
    1. The strike has idled about 55,000 machinists.
      罢工使约 55,000 名机械师无事可做。

    10. in BRIT, use 英国英语用 lay off

  10. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
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双语例句

  1. The ATAPI specification defines a command called IDLE IMMEDIATE that idles the HDD and retracts the disk heads to prevent them from hitting the platters.
    ATAPI规范定义了一个名为IDLEIMMEDIATE的命令，它可以闲置HDD并收回磁头以防止它们触及盘片。
  2. A set of dusters that would fit into the cat's paws and clean up the house while the cat idles around.
    一双可以套进猫爪的扫地掸子，猫在闲逛的时候就能顺便把屋里的地擦干净了。
  3. The younger generation idles away their time rather than learn how to prepare for the future career.
    年轻的一代虚度了他们的时间，而不学习如何为将来的事业做准备。
  4. He always idles about and eats his own flesh.
    他总是游手好闲，好吃懒做。
  5. He who idles away the time is nothing but a living death.
    虚度年华者，虽生犹死。
  6. He idles in the garden.
    他在花园里悠然消磨时光。
  7. He often idles away many hours.
    他常常虚度好几个小时。
  8. Although HY present has made the amazing progress, but faces day by day the intense market competition, the HY person still did not dare to have idles slightly, seeks own development positively.
    虽然HY目前已取得了令人瞩目的成绩，但面对日益激烈的市场竞争，HY人仍不敢有丝毫懈怠，积极寻求自身发展。
  9. A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him.
    沉迷于旅馆和酒吧来寻找养活他们的女性的男人。
  10. Human ingenuity never idles.
    人类智能永远不会闲置的。
  11. One tooth works while the other one idles and gets no stimulation in its root area.
    一颗牙齿在工作，另一颗则闲着，它的牙根部得不到刺激。
  12. He is not a good driver and often idles the enginge down.
    他不是个好司机，常常让发动机空转。
  13. He idles away his time watching television.
    他看电视虚度光阴。
  14. The idler idles away the hours watching TV.
    那个游手好闲的人把时间浪费在看电视上。
  15. When the PCY valve sticks in the intermediate position, the engine idles rough and stalls frequently.
    PCV阀在过渡状况被粘住时，发动机会出现怠速不稳和频繁息火的故障。
  16. PLC controls the two stepping motors to drive workpieces double feed, an idles old common lathe is refit into a special equipment to process end face and center hole by using numerical controlled technique.
    同时，采用PLC控制两台步进电机驱动工件实现自动进给，使其成为一台适用于轴类零件中心孔和端面加工的专用机床。
  17. In our country suburb area, more and more phenomenon arise that homestead massive idles and houses and lands trade breakthrough the limit of the law and policy.
    在我国城郊地区，存在着宅基地大量闲置同时流转突破法律和政策限制越来越多的情况。
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