idling
闲置,闲置的,怠工,空转
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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
Speaking of special touches, I was sad to see the piano idle midweek but cheered to hear it’s played on Fridays and Saturdays.
These strategies leave the battery "idle" for portions of the day—for comparison, imagine purchasing a taxi but only running it in the mornings.
Computers, TVs and other electronics generate a lot of heat when sitting idle or even when turned off.
The app aims to give users controls to designate when they’re heads-down, need to talk or just open for some idle chitchat.
By definition this meant lower returns—because banks had to leave some capital idle rather than deploy it.
The former politicians offer a variety of reasons for idling their campaign riches instead of giving them away.
I walked behind the idling swing and gave it a gentle puff of a push.
But a lot of that time is spent idling—waiting for a call, or in between jobs.
On Sept. 5, Saad Al-Hilli, 50, his wife, Iqbal, 47, and her mother, Suhaila Al-Allaf, 74, were found dead in their idling BMW.
The car, with United Kingdom license plates, was idling and locked from the inside.
A big gray sedan stood in the middle of the road, the motor idling.
With a half-smile he rose, and going to the door he bade his page who was idling in the anteroom go summon the captain.
When he ought to have been in school, he was fishing, and away his time along the margins of the brooks and rivers.