1American EnglishAmE informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it 讨要,乞取SYN British English scrounge
mooch something off somebody
He tried to mooch a drink off me.
他想从我这儿蹭杯酒喝。
2mooch around/aboutphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE informalWALKto move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little 闲荡,闲逛
Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.
贝丝很高兴可以穿着睡衣闲晃几个小时。
Examples from the Corpus
mooch around/about• Paige lay back, watching him mooch about, putting a pot over the fire and ranging their clothes to dry.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Rexmooched about the graveswondering when we were going to have lunch.• I was told one flight was full, and left the gate to mooch around the newsstands.
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mooch• If swine, then big wildboar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.• Rexmooched about the graveswondering when we were going to have lunch.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flathoping to wind down.• Mom got sick of him moochingmeals from us.• If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park.