loitered

英 [ˈlɔɪtəd]

美 [ˈlɔɪtərd]

v.  闲站着; 闲荡; 徘徊
loiter的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛；游荡；徘徊
  If youloitersomewhere, you remain there or walk up and down without any real purpose.
  1. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.
     失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。

双语例句

• The sun went down in a blaze of blush, the moon loitered behind the trees, and the south wind whispered to the lotus that the poet was not as simple as he seemed.
  太阳羞红了脸，下山了，月亮在树林里徘徊踟蹰，南风轻轻地告诉芙蓉：这诗人似乎不像他外表那样单纯呀！
• Behind Foshan Fengfu's gates, workers loitered in their company uniforms.
  在工厂的大门后面，工人们穿着公司制服四处闲逛。
• For a few moments he loitered upon the doorstep, looking round at the silent square.
  他在门前台阶上耽搁了一下，打量了一下寂静的广场。
• I loitered away the time in looking through the shop windows.
  我以观看商店橱窗来消磨时光。
• She loitered away the whole morning.
  她把整个上午的时间闲混过去了。
• He loitered down to the station.
  他溜达到了火车站。
• John loitered in front of Woolworth's staring at the candy display, trying to decide what candy to buy.
  约翰在伍尔沃思商店门前转来转去，眼睛盯着橱窗里陈列的糖果，拿不定主意该买哪一种。
• The promised car was not there to meet us, so we loitered furtively among the crowds.
  预约的接站车没有来接我们，于是我们就只好混在人群中闲逛。
• As we have loitered, the clouds have gathered.
  在我们闲逛的时候，云层集结起来。
• But with no room in wards upstairs immediately available, he waited in the overcrowded emergency room for three days and sometimes loitered outside, investigators say.
  但调查人员表示，因为没能立即在楼上的住院部找到病房，他在过度拥挤的急诊室里等了三天，有时候还在急诊室外闲逛。