| 词汇 | WASTE - TIME |
| 释义 | blow off 1. in. to goof off; to waste time; to procrastinate. You blow off too much.All your best time is gone— blown off. 2. n. a time-waster; a goof-off. (Usually blow-off.) Fred is such a blow-off!Get busy. I don't pay blow-offs around here. dilly-dally in. to waste time.Stop dilly-dallying around.I like to dillydally over a cup of coffee. dork off in. to waste time.Stop dorking off and get busy.The whole class was dorking off and the teacher got furious. fake off in. to waste time; to goof off.Hey, you guys, quit faking off!All you clowns do is fake off. Now, get busy! goldbrick in. to be lazy; to shirk one's duty.Stop goldbricking and get back to work.Whoever is goldbricking when I come back gets a real talking to. goldbrick(er) n. a lazy person.Pete is just a lazy goldbrick.Tell that goldbricker to get back to work. goof off and goof around 1. n. a time-waster; a jerk. (Usually goof-off.) Pete is such a goofoff!I'm no goof-off, but I am no scholar either. 2. n. to waste time. Quit goofing off.Get busy. Stop goofing around. hack around in. to waste time.You guys are always hacking around. Get busy!I wanted to hack around for a year after college, but my finances disagreed. hang in. to hang around; to spend time aimlessly.Is that all you did all summer? Just hang?My mom yelled at me because I spent all day hanging with the guys. hang (around) in. to loiter; to waste away time doing nothing.Don't just hang around. Get busy with something.Move. Don't just hang. There's work to be done. hang with someone in. to hang around with someone.Dave spent the afternoon hanging with Don, and neither one got anything done.I'm going down to the corner and hang with the guys. horse around in. to work inefficiently; to goof around.Stop horsing around and get busy.You guys are always horsing around. jack around in. to waste time; to mess around.Stop jacking around and get busy.The gang was jacking around and broke your window. jerk around in. to waste time.Stop jerking around and get to work.All you do is jerk around. Get a move on! knock around in. to waste time.Stop knocking around and get to work!I need a couple of days a week just for knocking around. lazybones n. a lazy person.I'm just a lazybones, but I don't eat much.That lazybones is out there sleeping in the shade. mess around (with someone) and mess about (with someone); monkey around (with someone) in. to waste someone's time.Don't mess about with me. Just answer the question, if you please.I don't have the time for this. Stop messing around. mickey mouse mod. trivial; time wasting; lousy.I want out of this mickey mouse place.No more mickey mouse questions if I agree to stay? mooner n. an idler who stares at the moon.If he ever outgrows being a mooner, he may be all right.I feel like a mooner tonight. There is nothing better to do. piddle (around) in. to waste time; to work aimlessly or inefficiently.Stop piddling around! Get to work!Can't you get serious and stop piddling? piddler n. someone who wastes time.Bob is such a piddler. He can't seem to get organized and get down to work.That piddler will never get anywhere in life. play around (with someone) in. to waste time; to waste someone's time.Stop playing around and get to work.Don't play around with me! putz around in. to fiddle around; to mess around.Stop putzing around and get to work.Those guys spend most of their time just putzing around. rat around in. to waste time loafing around; to kick around. (Collegiate.)I didn't do anything but rat around all summer.If kids don't have jobs, they just rat around. scam in. to fool around and waste time.Quit scamming and get busy.You'd get better grades if you didn't scam so much. screw around in. to waste time.Stop screwing around and get busy.John's always screwing around and never does anything on time. sluff (off ) in. to waste time; to goof off.Watch him. He will sluff off if you don't keep after him.He won't sluff. I know I can trust him. spaz around in. to waste time; to mess around.You kids are always spazzing around. Why don't you get a job?We're just spazzing around. Leave us alone. spin one's wheels tr. to waste time; to remain in a neutral position, neither advancing nor falling back.I'm just spinning my wheels in this job. I need more training to get ahead.The whole project was just spinning its wheels until spring. |
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