loaf
n
(pl loaves )
1 mass of bread shaped and baked in one piece 大面包
Two brown loaves and one large white one, please. 请拿两个黑面包和一个大的白面包.
2 (idm 习语) half a loaf is better than none/than no bread (saying 谚) having to accept less than one expects, or feels that one deserves, is better than having nothing 接受半块面包总比没有好; 聊胜於无. use one's loaf => use1.
loaf v [I, Ipr, Ip]
(infml 口) spend time idly 虚度光阴
Don't stand there loafing there's work to be done. 别站在那儿呆著--有事要干呢.
loaf around (the house all day) (成天在家)闲混.
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.
最使他感到惊奇的是,把他运走的人都是黑人。
The clouds had come down so suddenly we had no warning.