idle

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 īʹd(ə)l

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of idling, of being idle.
  2. The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
    — a lumpy idle
  3. An idle animation.
  4. An idle game.
动词 v.
  1. To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume. transitive
    — […] the ne'er-do-anything-at-home who idled his day in immaculate attire and who was banished to Canada on a "remittance," shares his pork and beans with the sourdough, who has scratched rocks and sifted black sand from his infancy.
  2. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business. intransitive
    — to idle in an IRC channel
  3. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over. intransitive
    — When train heating is in operation the diesel engine is arranged to idle at 550 r.p.m. which is the minimum at which the generator will deliver its full rated output.
  4. To cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear). transitive
    — The driver idled his engine until the car finally stalled.
  5. To make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work. transitive
    — [L]ayoffs idled 1,900 workers in Ohio and 1,000 in Indiana. At the same time, an Indiana assembly plant recalled 1,200 workers.
形容词 adj.
  1. Empty, vacant. obsolete
  2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
    — idle hours
  3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
    — idle workmen
  4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
    — an idle fellow
  5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
    — an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor;  idle threats;  idle pleasures
  6. Light-headed; foolish. obsolete
    — The youth is idle

词形变化

more idle comparative most idle superlative idles present,singular,third-person idling participle,present idled participle,past idled past idles plural

词汇关系

下位词
flight idle ground idle
衍生词
bone-idle bone idle idle as Ludlam's dog idle asset idledom idleful idle game idle hands are the Devil's playthings idle hands are the devil's tools idle hands are the devil's workshop idlehead idleheaded idlehood idleness idle pulley idleship idlesome idle threat idle time idle wheel idling idlish idly nonidle overidle the devil makes work for idle hands idle hands make work for the Devil the Devil finds work for idle hands unidle idler idlingly nonidling
相关词
idling speed

词源

词源 1
From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English īdel, from Proto-West Germanic *īdal, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Dutch ijdel (“vain, meaningless”), ijl (“rareified, skinny”), iel (“thin, slender”); German Low German iedel (“vain, idle”); German eitel (“vain, conceited”); and possibly Old Norse illr ("bad"; > English ill).
词源 2
From Middle English idelen, from Old English īdlian, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn. Cognate with German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”).
词源 3
From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English īdel (“idleness”), from the adjective (see above).
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