Loaf



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解释

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• n. 一条 ( 面包) ; v. 虚度光阴
• ［英］ v. 虚度光阴 ( idle, dawdle)
• ［例］ three loafs of bread / dandies loafing at street corners

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural loaves)

• Etymology: Middle English lof, from Old English hlāf; akin to Old High German hleib loaf
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a shaped or molded mass of bread
• 2. a shaped or molded often symmetrical mass of food
• 3. slang British head, mind

II. intransitive verb

• Etymology: probably back-formation from loafer
• Date: 1835
• to spend time in idleness
• Synonyms: see idle

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