mooch

英 [muːtʃ] 美 [muːtʃ]

• v. 乞讨；央求；闲荡；徘徊
• n. 乞丐；闲逛

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Verb:

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He's always mooching off his friends.
   他总是向朋友讨钱花。
2. I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
   我最讨厌跟别人要钱的人了。
3. He's happy to mooch around the house all day.
   他就高兴整天在家里闲呆着。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm going for a mooch round the shops.
   我打算去闲逛一下那些店。

经典引文

• The rest of the time I mooch about and go to the pictures.

  出自： R. Lehmann

• There was Joe Finnegan still mooching around like a man who had lost a shilling in the grass.

  出自： P. Kavanagh

词汇搭配

• mooch about 闲呆着
• mooch down the street 沿街闲荡,懒散地顺着...
• mooch around 闲呆着

近反义词

【近义词】

• cadge 乞讨
• sponge 海绵
• wander 漫步
• amble 溜蹄
• meander 缓慢而弯曲地流动...
• roam 漫游
• ramble 漫步
• sneak 偷偷摸摸做
• steal 偷
• prowl 潜行以觅食
• lurk 潜藏
• stalk 茎
• scrounge 四处搜寻
• wheedle (以甜言蜜语)诱惑...
• freeload 吃白食
• take 拿
• rob 抢劫
• pilfer 盗
• swipe 重击
• make away with 携 ... 而逃
• grub [动]蛆
• cadger 乞丐
• moocher 乞丐
• scrounger scrounge的名词形...
• bum 流浪汉