layabout
英 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]
美 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]
n. 游手好闲的人; 懒汉; 二流子
复数:layabouts第三人称单数:layabouts
BNC.33575 / COCA.39536
牛津词典
noun
- 游手好闲的人;懒汉;二流子
a lazy person who does not do much work
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 游手好闲之徒;好逸恶劳之辈
If you say that someone is a layabout, you disapprove of them because they do not work and you think they are lazy.
- The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性,游手好闲,其证词一下子就被推翻了。
双语例句
- The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性,游手好闲,其证词一下子就被推翻了。
- He is a morose, work-shy layabout.
他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。
- He is a wretched idle layabout never done a day's work in his life.
他是一个讨厌的懒汉一辈子没干过一天活。
- Her boyfriend is a good-for-nothing layabout.
她的男友是一个一无是处的懒汉。
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