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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She loitered away the whole morning.
  她把整个上午的时间闲混过去了。
• 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。
• But Scarlett loitered, wondering how to bring up the subject of Ashley without permitting Gerald to suspect her motive.
  可是思嘉还在踌躇，不知怎样才能把话题转到艾希礼身上而又不让杰拉尔德怀疑她的用意。
• 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。
• I loitered away the time in looking through the shop windows.
  我以观看商店橱窗来消磨时光。
• 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。