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idle

B2 verb

idle /ˈaɪd(ə)l/ nghĩa là lãng phí, tiêu phí (thời gian)

Các nghĩa

  1. lãng phí, tiêu phí (thời gian)

    To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.

    transitive

    While idling the hours I trace verses / On the inside of wrappers embellishing cans Of Bordeaux mackerel, caught in Monterey.

    'If I know William, he'll be settled in some airy corridor, idling the hours until he can ride in comfort.'

  2. không hoạt động · ngồi không · đứng không

    To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

    intransitive

    to idle in an IRC channel

  3. chạy không tải

    Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

    intransitive

    High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.

  4. cho chạy không tải

    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. cho nghỉ việc, cho ngồi không

    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.

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eider /ˈaɪdə/

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