idle
闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的
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Definitions
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i·dler, i·dlest.
- : not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- : not spent or filled with activity: idle hours.
- : not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle machinery.
- : habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy.
- : of no real worth, importance, or significance: idle talk.
- : having no basis or reason; baseless; groundless: idle fears.
- : frivolous; vain: idle pleasures.
- : meaningless; senseless: idle threats.
- : futile; unavailing: idle rage.
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i·dled, i·dling.
- : to pass time doing nothing.
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Examples
In fact, it's getting so bad that a number of OEMs, including Ford and General Motors, have had to go as far as idling shifts and even entire factories.
Virginia officials said they are temporarily pausing deactivation of idle E-ZPass accounts amid the coronavirus pandemic.
They have been both overstretched in some departments, and rendered idle in others, and although in some cases they have seen increases in patient volume due to coronavirus outbreaks, they have by and large suffered significant financial losses.
Officials hope that makeshift system will free up ambulances now sitting idle outside hospitals because their patients can’t be admitted.
A rare exception came early in the pandemic in March, when an apparel returns warehouse was idled by order of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear after an outbreak there.
And in the summer, when the lift is idle, it feeds juice into the local community.
Middle-aged, out-of-shape Putin sat idle and silent as his dreams and hopes for the future were destroyed.
Any upcoming release of a new Apple product guarantees a deafening cacophony of idle speculation from tech sites.
The rest of the police looked on, sitting idle on horses in front of Starbucks.
The idle rich had driven down from Biarritz with their uniformed chauffeurs.
It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.