idling

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

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。

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。

1. 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。
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。
3. 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。
4. He is always idling about street corners.
   他老是在街头闲逛。
5. The machine has been idling away for several minutes to get it warm.
   机器空转了几分钟以使它预热。
6. Think of stop_machine as a traffic signal; it allows a sole CPU to proceed while idling all others.
   stopmachine是一个通信信号；它让一个CPU继续运行，而让所有其他CPU空闲。
7. If the light ahead is red, the driver is told the optimal speed to avoid stopping and idling.
   如果信号灯是红的，系统会提供给司机一个理想的速度，避免急刹和等待绿灯。
8. Because idling and accelerating significantly increase fuel consumption.
   因为等待绿灯和加速都会大大增加燃料的消耗。
9. The paper analyses the characteristics of Bayesian networks and gives the fault tree of the engine idling bad.
   分析了贝叶斯网络的拓扑结构，给出了发动机怠速不良的故障树图。
10. Then has analyzed the motor car engine idling regime not steady several kind of common failure diagnosis and the elimination method;
    然后分析了汽车发动机怠速不稳的几种常见故障诊断与排除方法；
11. Keep the engine idling for Approx.1 minute.
    将发动机保持怠速大约1分钟。
12. We heard the sound of an engine idling.
    我们听到发动机空转的声音。
13. But idling is totally unnecessary, which is why many communities have enacted ordinances against the practice.
    但是空转是完全没有必要的，这就是为什么许多国家都颁布了反对该惯例的法规。
14. The article first elaborated the motor car engine idling regime control principle;
    文章首先阐述了汽车发动机怠速控制的原理；
15. It discusses the facility idling, reusing and abandonment, hence gives the model of facility economic management.
    对设备的闲置、盘活、报废进行了探讨，得到设备经济管理的模式。
16. We found a slave which has a idling connection
    我们找到了一个拥有空闲连接的从数据库
17. He left the engine idling while he ran into the store.
    当他跑进店里时，汽车的发动机还空转着。
18. The engine must be idling during the check.
    检查期间发动机必须怠速运转。
19. The car engine hummed idling.
    车子的引擎发出空转的声响。
20. If you're obese, there's a good chance your PPAR system is idling too low.
    如果你是肥胖者，很有可能PPAR系统太闲了。
21. Switch off idling car engine while waiting;
    在等候期间，紧记关掉车辆引擎；
22. The function can be used to shut down idling motors.
    此功能可用于关闭空转电机。
23. When I am idling away my time, I can see that it hurts him deeply.
    每当我无所事事、虚度时光时，我能看出我这样浪费时间深深地刺痛了他的心。
24. Finally introduced the Sangtana motor car engine idling regime not steady overhaul example.
    桑塔纳汽车发动机怠速不稳的检修实例。
25. He did not succeed in catching anyone idling or smoking or talking.
    他并没有抓到任何人在闲逛，抽烟，或是谈话。
26. The utility model relates to a friction type idling energy-saving clutch.
    本实用新型涉及一种摩擦式怠速储能离合器。
27. Study on vehicle idling stop/ start system and its key technology
    车辆怠速停止起动系统及其关键技术研究
28. This article discusses the methods of fault diagnosis and troubleshooting of unstable idling.
    本文主要探讨了汽车怠速不稳故障的诊断与排除方法。
29. When idling, it closes it off almost entirely.
    怠速时，它会将进气管几乎完全关闭。
30. The taxi hummed in the road, motor idling, meter ticking over.
    那辆出租车在路上嗡嗡地响着，发动机空转着，里程表空走着。

noun

1. having no employment

   Synonym:    idlenessloafing