惰 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- idler noun A person who does nothing and avoids activity.
- layabout noun A lazy person who avoids work.
- lazybones noun An informal, often affectionate, term for a lazy person.
- loafer noun A person who avoids work and idles their time away.
- sluggard noun A lazy person who is slow to get started on work that needs doing.
Senses
惰 is used for these senses in English:
- bone-idle (chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.
- idle Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- idler One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- layabout A lazy person.
- lazybones (slang) A person who is lazy.
- loafer An idle person.
- sluggard A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
idle — full definition
- adj Not working, active, or in use.
- adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
- verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
- verb To pass time doing nothing productive.
idler — full definition
- noun A person who does nothing and avoids activity.
- noun A lazy person who avoids doing any work.
- noun A sailor who does not have to keep watch at night.
- noun A wheel or pulley in machinery that guides or supports a moving belt or chain without itself driving power.
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