loaf经典引文

1. [C]一条〔块〕包 mass of bread shaped and baked in one piece

1. vi. & vt. 虚度光阴 spend time idly

1.一条（面包）
Aloaf of bread is bread which has been shaped and baked in one piece. It is usually large enough for more than one person and can be cut into slices.

e.g. ...aloaf of crusty bread.
一条硬皮面包
e.g. ...freshly baked loaves.
新鲜出炉的面包

2.游荡；闲逛；虚掷光阴
If youloaf, you stand or wait in a place, not doing anything interesting or useful.

e.g. Soldiers loafed at street corners.
士兵们在街角逛荡。

use one's loaf

好好想想;动动脑筋think effectively;use one's intelligence

loaf about〔around〕¹ (v.+adv.)

到处闲荡,懒懒散散地混日子 spend time lazily, be often wandering around without purpose or activity
loaf about〔around〕

She loafed about for three years.

她闲混了三年。

Is it right to loaf about when so much work needs to be done?

有这么多工作要干,游手好闲对吗?

He allowed me to waste those two precious years in loafing about at home.

他准许我在家闲呆着,把那宝贵的两年混过去。

One of the pleasures of being on holiday is the freedom to loaf around without feeling guilty.

假日里的一大乐趣就是自由自在,问心无愧地打发时间。

loaf about〔around〕² (v.+prep.)

到处闲荡,懒懒散散地混日子 spend time lazily, be often wandering around without purpose or activity
loaf about〔around〕 sth

He loafed about the street looking for something to do.

他在街上转来转去,想找点事做。

I don't like to see young people loafing about the town with nothing to do.

我不喜欢看见年轻人在城里无所事事地到处乱逛。

loaf away (v.+adv.)

混日子 waste lazily
loaf sth ⇔ away

Don't loaf your life away.

不要虚度光阴。

Have you been loafing away the whole afternoon instead of getting on with your work?

难道你把一下午都混了过去而没有继续干你的工作?

loaf through (v.+prep.)

混日子度过 spend time wastefully
loaf through sth

You are loafing through life, you lazy fellow!

你在虚度一生的光阴,你这懒东西!

• He shuts the door; yawns; and loafs across to the sofa.

  出自：G. B. Shaw

• He dressed in his slacks and a sweater and loafed while waiting.

  出自：M. J. Bruccoli

• He was a poet and preferred loafing about under trees with a bottle of laudanum.

  出自：D. Adams

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的hlaf，意为一条面包。