layabout

英 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]

美 [ˈleɪəbaʊt]

n.  游手好闲的人; 懒汉; 二流子

复数：layabouts　第三人称单数：layabouts　

BNC.33575 / COCA.39536

牛津词典

noun

• 游手好闲的人；懒汉；二流子
  a lazy person who does not do much work

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 游手好闲之徒；好逸恶劳之辈
  If you say that someone is alayabout, you disapprove of them because they do not work and you think they are lazy.
  1. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
     原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。

英英释义

noun

• person who does no work
  1. a lazy bum
  Synonym:idlerloaferdo-nothingbum

双语例句

• He is a wretched idle layabout never done a day's work in his life.
  他是一个讨厌的懒汉一辈子没干过一天活。
• The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
  原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。
• He is a morose, work-shy layabout.
  他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。
• Her boyfriend is a good-for-nothing layabout.
  她的男友是一个一无是处的懒汉。