vt. 闲荡, 虚度, 徘徊

vi. 闲荡, 虚度, 徘徊

[ verb ]
be about
<verb.stative> footle hang around lallygag linger loaf lollygag lounge lurk mess about mill about mill around tarry
The high school students like to loiter in the Central SquareWho is this man that is hanging around the department?

Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loitered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Loitering}.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G.
lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant,
OHG. lotar.]
1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory;
to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak.

If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.
--Rogers.

2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.