Idlename

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A suburb in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1737).

• 3

  A river, the River Idle in Nottinghamshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.

idleadj詞源 1/ˈaɪd(ə)l/

• 1

  obsoleteEmpty, vacant.

• 2

  Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

  • idle hours
  • My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.
• 3

  Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

  • idle workmen
  • Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
• 4

  Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

  • an idle fellow
  • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!”
• 5

  Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

  • an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor;  idle threats;  idle pleasures
• 6

  obsoleteLight-headed; foolish.

  • The youth is idle

idleverb詞源 2/ˈaɪd(ə)l/

• 1

  To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.

  • […] the ne'er-do-anything-at-home who idled his day in immaculate attire and who was banished to Canada on a "remittance," shares his pork and beans with the sourdough, who has scratched rocks and sifted black sand from his infancy.
  • While idling the hours I trace verses / On the inside of wrappers embellishing cans Of Bordeaux mackerel, caught in Monterey.
• 2

  To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

  • to idle in an IRC channel
  • He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]
• 3

  Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

  • When train heating is in operation the diesel engine is arranged to idle at 550 r.p.m. which is the minimum at which the generator will deliver its full rated output.
  • High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.
• 4

  To cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear).

  • The driver idled his engine until the car finally stalled.
• 5

  To make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work.

  • [L]ayoffs idled 1,900 workers in Ohio and 1,000 in Indiana. At the same time, an Indiana assembly plant recalled 1,200 workers.

idlenoun詞源 3/ˈaɪd(ə)l/

• 1

  The state of idling, of being idle.

• 2

  engineeringmechanicalmechanical-engineeringThe lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.

  • a lumpy idle
  • A slight valve tap was audible at idle but was not noticeable otherwise.
• 3

  gamesgamingAn idle animation.

• 4

  gamesgamingAn idle game.

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