idle

idle
idle [ˈaɪdl]
adjective
   a. ( = lazy) fainéant
• the idle rich les riches oisifs mpl
   b. ( = inactive) [person] inactif ; [employee] désœuvré ; [machinery] à l'arrêt ; [factory] arrêté ; [land] inexploité
• he has not been idle during his absence il n'a pas chômé pendant son absence
• to stand idle [machinery, vehicle, factory] être à l'arrêt
• to lie idle [money] dormir ; [land] rester inexploité
• in an idle moment pendant un moment d'oisiveté
   c. ( = futile) [threat] vain before n ; [speculation, talk, remark] oiseux
• out of idle curiosity par pure curiosité
• idle gossip ragots mpl
► idle away separable transitive verb
• to idle away one's time passer le temps
* * *
['aɪdl] 1.
adjective
1) (lazy) [person] paresseux/-euse, fainéant
2) (vain) [boast, threat] vain; [curiosity] oiseux/-euse; [chatter] inutile
3) (without occupation) [person] oisif/-ive; [day, hour, moment] de loisir
4) (not functioning) [port, dock, mine] à l'arrêt; [machine] arrêté

to lie ou stand idle — [machine, factory] être à l'arrêt; [land] rester inexploité

2.
intransitive verb [engine] tourner au ralenti
Phrasal Verbs:
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the devil makes work for idle hands — Prov l'oisiveté est mère de tous les vices Prov


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