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IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146

idle

Word family 
i·dle1 /ˈaɪdl/ ●○○ adjectiveadj → idol
1  not working or producing anything 不工作的；閒置的 OPP busy
I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle.
我不能讓土地閒置。
The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic.
整隊人幹站着等技工來。
The workers have been idle for the last six months.
最近六個月工人們都很閒。
2  not serious, or not done with any definite intention 不認真的；漫無目的的
She was not a woman to make idle threats.
她不是只會空口威脅的人。
idle chatter/talk/gossip etc 無聊的唠叨/閒談/閒話等
It was only from idle curiosity that she went into the barn.
她進倉庫只是出於無聊的好奇心。
3  lazy 懶散的，懶惰的
Go and wake up that idle brother of yours.
去把你那懶哥哥叫起來。
 Register
Idle sounds rather old-fashioned and literary. In everyday English, people usually say lazy: idle 聽起來相當過時，而且文學味很重。在日常英語中，人們一般說 lazy
She's not stupid, just lazy.
她不笨，就是懶。
4  it is idle to do something it is not worth doing something, because nothing will be achieved 做某事毫無意義
It would be idle to deny that progress was made.
否定所取得的進步毫無意義。
5. the idle rich rich people who do not have to work 遊手好閒的富人
Examples from the Corpus
the idle rich• He said it was a playground for the idle rich and ought to be used to grow crops for the proletariat.• The world divided into the idle rich and the labouring poor.
—idleness noun [uncountableU]
—idly adverbadv
They sat chatting idly.
他們坐着閒聊。
I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame.
我不能袖手旁觀，讓他承擔責任。
Examples from the Corpus
idle• Why is millions of pounds worth of state-of-the-art equipment lying idle?• Almost half the skilled workers in this country are now idle.• Scientology is a cereal-box religion, and reading Ron is an idle diversion that quickly becomes annoying.• Most of the factory stood idle during the strike.• The new machines may sit idle for months until they have been paid for.• She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself.• idle gossip• As Tallis ran towards him she thought, with idle horror, that he looked as if he was praying.• They closed a few plants and decided to use the idle machinery to make plastic chips for cigarette filters.• Doctors are not idle men, Miss Thorne, and you are a fit woman.• That husband of hers is bone idle. No wonder the house is such a mess.• Hundreds of workers sat idle on the factory floor waiting for the assembly line to start again.• Painting is a favorite hobby of the idle rich.• The factory has been idle since May.• Exactly when we might end our voyage was largely a matter of idle speculation.• Wake up that idle young brother of yours and tell him it's time for school!
lying idle• Is it simply a transfer from the customer's bank account to building society account of money that was lying idle?• Millions of pounds worth of state-of-the-art equipment is lying idle.• Simple economics - I can't afford to leave it lying idle.• By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle, stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes.• Environment spokesman Jack Straw said £5 billion was lying idle while thousands were forced to sleep on the streets.
idle threats• She was not a woman to make idle threats.• I knew it was just idle threats, but a lot wouldn't have - they'd have been distraught.
idle2 verb
1  [intransitiveI]TTSLOW if an engine idles, it runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving 〔發動機等〕空轉
He flicked a switch and let the boat idle.
他啪的一聲按下開關，讓船的發動機空轉。
2  [intransitiveI]NOT DO something to spend time doing nothing 無所事事，閒混
Sometimes he went for a walk; sometimes he just idled.
有時他去散散步，有時他純粹是無所事事。
3  [transitiveT] American EnglishAmEUSE something to stop using a factory or stop providing work for your workers, especially temporarily 〔尤指暫時地〕使〔工廠〕閒置；使〔工人〕閒着 SYN shut down
The company has idled a number of its US plants indefinitely.
公司已經無限期地關閉了一些在美國的工廠。
4 idle something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v LAZYto spend time in a relaxed way, doing nothing 虛度〔光陰〕，消磨〔時間〕
They idled their time away in the pub.
他們在酒吧裏消磨時光。
Examples from the Corpus
idle away• For very many black parents, sport is considered to be idling your time away.• The men idled their time away on street corners or outside the pub, cadging a drink or a smoke.
Examples from the Corpus
idle• My car starts easily, but it sounds rough when it idles.• Cars and pickups and vans idle around him.• Ryan Klesko sat Wednesday, his smoldering bat idled by a sore right wrist.• GM announced it would idle four assembly plants.• Frick idled his way along the corridor, looking in through various windows.• The clutch engaged, the engine idled in a terrible calm.• At the kerb the taxi's diesel engine idled noisily as a passenger's face peered uncertainly through the window.• Lily idled on the window seat.• A skiff idling up beside a Sea and Shore Department cutter.
From Longman Business Dictionary
idlei·dle1 /ˈaɪdl/ adjectiveadj
not active or being used
Today, its airplane manufacturing plants are largely idle.
Carefully planned loading can reduce idle time (=time when people or machines are not working).
idleidle2 verb [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE
to stop using a factory or stop providing work for your workers, especially temporarily
The company has reduced its workforce and indefinitely idled a number of its US plants.
Origin idle1
Old English idel
i·dle1 adjectiveadj →REGISTER1idle2 verb
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Corpus
IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
idle

adjective¹

 1lazy懶散VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be懶散▸➤become變得懶散➤remain, stay無所事事；遊手好閒◇He never stayed idle for long.他閒散的時間從來不長。ADVERB➤bone (BrE, informal) 懶到骨頭裏◇She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.她連動動手指幫個忙都從來不做，她就是個懶骨頭。
idle

adjective²

 2not in use閒置VERBS➤be, lie, sit, stand閒置；閒置不用◇Half of their machines are lying idle.他們的機器有一半閒置不用。◇The machines have been sitting idle since last year.那些機器去年以來一直閒置。◇The pumps are standing idle.那些泵閒置着。➤become閒置起來◇He did not let the factory become idle.他沒讓工廠閒置下來。➤remain仍然閒置▸➤leave sth任憑⋯閒置◇The land was left idle for years.那片地荒了好幾年了。
IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
IELTS BNC: 7526 COCA: 8146
idle
Words used to describe extent of use: at full stretch, devoted, disuse...
Describing machines and pieces of equipment: all-singing, all-dancing, analog, analogue...
Not busy and not working: available, quiet, off-duty...
Lazy or slow to act: lazy, idle, indolent...
Careless and casual: careless, casual, complacency...
Not effective or useful and not working correctly: useless, ineffective, inefficient...
Lazy Behaviour: inertia, sloth, ...
Engine and machine behaviour: backfire, burn up, come to life...

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