idle的意思和读音

idle

: [ˈaɪd(ə)l] : ['aɪd(ə)l]

v.

adj.

idler  idlest  idles  idling  idled  

adj.+n.idle talk,idle curiosity,idle day,idle speculation

adj.working,diligent

adj.inactive,lazy,futile,frivolous,unfounded

v.laze,laze around,hang around,tick over,turn over

idleadj.

1.not working hard

an idle student

2.not in use

to lie/stand/remain idle

3.without work

Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.

4.[ubn]with no particular purpose or effect; useless

idle chatter/curiosity

It was just an idle threat(= not serious) .

It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.

5.[ubn]not spent doing work or sth particular

In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.

v.

1.[t][i]to spend time doing nothing important

They idled the days away, talking and watching television.

They idled along by the river(= walked slowly and with no particular purpose) .沿

2.[i]to run slowly while the vehicle is not moving

She left the car idling at the roadside.

3.[t]~ sb/sth使to close a factory, etc. or stop providing work for the workers, especially temporarily

The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.使 4 000

adj.1.,,;【;2.;【3.,

v.1.,()2.,;, (about) () (over)

adj.1.machines or factories that are idle are not being used; workers who are idle have no work to do2.lazy; not doing anything, when there are things that you should do3.without a good reason or real purpose4.not really intended or not likely to have any result1.machines or factories that are idle are not being used; workers who are idle have no work to do2.lazy; not doing anything, when there are things that you should do3.without a good reason or real purpose4.not really intended or not likely to have any result

v.1.if an engine idles, it runs slowly and does not produce any movement2.to stop using factories or employing people, usually for a short period of time

1. ... airplane n. idle a. social a.

4. ... airplane n. idle a. social a.

5. hint / idle / jet / ...

6. idiot , idle , ice ...

8. spatial kinematic chain idle width series ...

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1.It was because he had made a serious affair of an idle matter, by thinking of it as if it were of any consequence.

2.The sovereign, he said, was an "unfailing rock" who would not be deterred by the "idle chatter" of critics.”,

3.A day seems shot when it is full of enjoyable things but it seems like an eternity if one is idle or stuck with a boring job.

4.Pallet loading systems represent another means of cutting down on machine idle time due to setup operations.使

5.Likewise, finalizers are normally processed as a background task, so their cost is usually amortized across the system's idle time.

6.If there are many idle agents and all of them retain their private memory, it is possible that the system runs out of memory.

7.It plays tag with the wind. September is a changeling busy as a squirrel in a hickory tree, idle as a languid brook.

8.To live cooped up in a small flat with some one who was out of work, idle, and indifferent to her.

9.Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation on how it shall be spent. --Samuel Johnson.。--·

10.Long, quiet days she spent, not lonely nor idle, for her little world was peopled with imaginary friends, and she was by nature a busy bee.