mooch
mooch
verb
(informal)(非正式)
moocher
noun
语源
verb
(informal)(非正式)
- [no obj.](mooch about/around)(Brit.)loiter in a bored or listless manner
(英)无聊闲逛；漫步
he just mooched about his bedsit.
他只是在卧室兼起居室里随意走走。 - [with obj.](N. Amer.)ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it
(北美)索取；捞取；揩油
a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food.
你的一伙朋友要来吃白食。
[no obj.]I'm mooching off you all the time.
我一直都在揩你的油。
- [in sing.](Brit.)an instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner
(英)无聊闲逛；漫步 - (N. Amer.)a beggar or scrounger
(北美)乞丐；偷窃者
moocher
noun
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'to hoard'): probably from (Anglo-Norman French muscher) 'hide, skulk'. A dialect sense 'play truant' dates from the early 16th cent.; current senses date from the mid 19th cent
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