| 单词 | mooch |
| 释义 | mooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitive] 1 American English informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it 讨要，乞取 SYN British English scroungemooch something off somebody He tried to mooch a drink off me. 他想从我这儿蹭杯酒喝。2 mooch around/about phrasal verb British English informal WALKto move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little 闲荡，闲逛 Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress. 贝丝很高兴可以穿着睡衣闲晃几个小时。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmooch• If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.• Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Mom got sick of him mooching meals from us.• If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park.Origin mooch (1400-1500) Old French muchier “to hide”mooch verbChinese to something by Corpus asking someone get |
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