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

• He loitered down to the station.
  他溜达到了火车站。
• As we have loitered, the clouds have gathered.
  在我们闲逛的时候，云层集结起来。
• 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。
• Behind Foshan Fengfu's gates, workers loitered in their company uniforms.
  在工厂的大门后面，工人们穿着公司制服四处闲逛。
• 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。
• They loitered away their time.
  他们游手好闲地消磨时间。
• I loitered away the time in looking through the shop windows.
  我以观看商店橱窗来消磨时光。
• She loitered away the whole morning.
  她把整个上午的时间闲混过去了。
• 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。
• 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。