• vi. 虛度；閑蕩；徘徊
• vt. 虛度；閑蕩；混
• n. (Loiter)人名；(俄)洛伊特

來自Proto-Germanic*lutana,彎腰，蹲下，休息，來自PIE*leud,蜷縮，變小，詞源同lout,little.引申詞義休息，逗留，停留。

loiter (v.)

early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyere "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.

1. We'll be left behind if we loiter.

我們如果游蕩,就會落后了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.

失業的小年輕在工廠門口游蕩。

來自辭典例句

3. He had no great temptation to loiter.

他實在沒有閑逛的雅興.

來自辭典例句

4. Don't loiter on your way home from school.

不可在放學回家的路上閑逛.

來自辭典例句

5. Don't loiter away your time.

別虛擲光陰.

來自口語例句