| 词汇 | mooch |
| 释义 | mooch Theme: DRUGS n. narcotics.Mooch is what Minnie the Moocher is famous for.He's gonna have to work hard to get off the mooch. Theme: REQUEST tr. & in. to beg for money, liquor, or drugs in public places.No mooching around here! Move along!Jed mooched drinks all evening. mooch 1. noun 1 a person who gives his money to swindlers, a dupe US, 1927. 2 in the car sales business, a customer who thinks that with arithmetic skills, a calculator and his sharp mind he can outsmart the salesman US, 1975.► on the moochalert for any chance to beg or borrow UK, 1864.► the moochidling, scrounging, skulking UK, 1859 2. verb 1 to wander without purpose; to loiter UK, 1851. 2 to beg from friends, to sponge UK, 1857 mooch around/about mooch around/about • mooch around/about sth not passive BrE informal to spend your time doing very little and often feeling bored or lazy: Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress, drinking black coffee and watching breakfast television. I spent most of the day mooching around the centre of the town, looking in shop windows.■ SIMILAR TO: laze around/about, doss about/around BrE informal mooch off (of) (someone or something)To ask for or obtain (something) through the charity of someone or something; to sponge off someone or something else. My brother has been mooching off me and my wife ever since he lost his job. You can't expect to get very far in life just by mooching off of the success of other people. mooch about (somewhere)To waste time or loiter (somewhere); to spend time (somewhere) idly or listlessly. Primarily heard in UK. I got off work a little early, so I'm just going to mooch about in the city centre for a bit before I head home. John's taken to mooching about his flat all day long ever since he lost his job. mooch around (somewhere)To waste time or loiter (somewhere); to spend time (somewhere) idly or listlessly. Primarily heard in UK. I got off work a little early, so I'm just going to mooch around in the city centre for a bit before I head home. John's taken to mooching around his flat all day long ever since he lost his job. mooch (something) fromTo ask for or obtain something through the charity of someone else; to sponge something off someone. I barely had any money while was in college, so I got most of my meals during the day by mooching food from my friends. You'll never learn how to be independent if you're always mooching from your parents. mooch (something) from someoneto beg something from someone. Can I mooch a match from you? Go mooch some money from Fred. Why do you always mooch from people? mooch(mutʃ)1. tv. & in. to beg for money, liquor, or drugs in public places. No mooching around here! Move along! 2. n. a beggar. I don’t want to be a mooch, but could I borrow your lawn mower? 3. n. narcotics. (see also hooch.) He’s gonna have to work hard to get off the mooch. |
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