英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 虛度[浪費]時光,游手好閒消磨時間

2. 2. [美‧口] 使(工人)閒著;使(機械)空轉



3. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 無所事事(閒逛),游手好閒,虛度光陰

4. 2. (機器、馬達)空轉,慢轉;無負載空轉,關閉油門(風門、節流閥)使之緩慢空轉



5. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
   1. (人等)無所事事的;游手好閒的,閒著的;懶惰的

   the idle rich

   無所事事的有錢人

   an idle spectator

   袖手旁觀的人

   spend idle hours

   過閒暇的日子

   have one's hands idle

   游手好閒l

6. 2. (機器等)閒置的,暫時不用的

   ie idle

   被擱置不用

   idle money

   游資

   run idle

   (機器)空轉著.

7. 3. 無用的,無益的,無效的

   an idle talk

   廢(閒)話

   It is idle to say that

   說…是無濟於事的

8. 4. 無根據的,無價值的

   an idle rumor

   無根據的謠傳.

柯林斯英英辭典

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr] tick over (of an engine) to run at low speed with the transmission disengaged

2. [intr] to loiter or move aimlessly

3. [intr] (of a shaft, engine, etc) to turn without doing useful work

adj. (adjective)

1. unemployed or unoccupied; inactive

2. not operating or being used

3. (of money) not being used to earn interest or dividends

4. not wanting to work; lazy

5. [usually prenominal] frivolous or trivial

idle pleasures

6. ineffective or powerless; fruitless; vain

7. without basis; unfounded

vb

1. [when tr, often foll by away] to waste or pass (time) fruitlessly or inactively

he idled the hours away

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] [US and Canadian] to cause to be inactive or unemployed

2. [Etymology] Old English idel; compare Old High German ital empty, vain