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单词 laze
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Definition of laze in English:

laze

verb leɪzleɪz
[no object]
  • 1Spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner.

    懒散度日,无所事事

    she spent the day at home, reading the papers and generally lazing around

    她白天待在家里,看看报纸,懒洋洋地消磨时间。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One had to sit and pour water from one of the many taps along the sides, using the soap and mugs kept there for the purpose, and then get into the pool and laze in it for a long time.
    • Although so large, and so formidably equipped, the swordfish often lazes on the surface of the water and can be harpooned.
    • Head up the east coast to Fisherman's Cove near Chennai and take in the shopping in the city, laze around the beach, and visit heritage spots close by such as Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.
    • Actually, all we've done is laze around on the beach.
    • Anyone want some food or would you rather just laze in front of the TV all day?
    • This site is best appreciated if you have at least a few hours to meander around, laze about and take in the views.
    • It was one of those days where you felt like doing nothing at all except laze.
    • The beach, by contrast, is intended as a comfortable spot to perch up and laze away with a potboiler.
    • Diversions include everything from roping and riding to minicourses in Native American crafts, but some visitors do little except laze in a hammock, soak in a hot tub, or take a slow boat ride on nearby Blue Lake.
    • Now I don't feel at all guilty if I simply do my job and laze around for the rest.
    • Instead she disappears into the background and lazes through all of the contests.
    • It is what the guy around you does: he trains like a donkey, lazes around, and then gives away a penalty.
    • After a busy day of successful meetings, I go home and laze around in my luxurious penthouse.
    • Can you imagine coming home from a holiday and saying to your friends, ‘I had the most wonderful time. I did nothing but laze.’
    • We don't actually start classes until tomorrow so we can pretty much laze around the whole day.
    • I had nothing to do for the next two weeks but laze about the flat and work on the paper that was due after holiday.
    • In Queensland you can go fishing or just laze on the beach…
    • And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches.
    • And all the while, my cat just lazes around the house all day.
    • Feeling like she should get up and do something, other then laze around all day, she arose and wandered about the guildhall's many corridors quietly.
    Synonyms
    relax, unwind, idle, do nothing, loaf (around/about), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), lie (around/about), take it easy
    waste time, kill time, mark time, while away the hours, fritter away time, twiddle one's thumbs
    informal hang around/round, skive, veg (out)
    British informal hang about
    North American informal bum (around)
    1. 1.1laze something awaywith object Pass time in a relaxed, lazy way.
      懒散度日,无所事事
      laze away a long summer day

      消磨掉漫长夏日。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I laze the day away, facing heaven and surrounded by paradise.
      • Nevertheless, a brochure promoting the island in the 1890s stated: ‘Here may the invalid laze the hours away and, book in hand, become intoxicated with the splendour of the scenery and the sounds of the unceasing sea’.
      • Devour a feast for lunch and then either laze away the afternoon by the pool or on the beach, take a boat out or take part in one of the many other organised sporting activities.
      • She's flying here to meet up before we up and leave again and laze away Christmas at a villa or something.
      • We hung around there and watched movies and basically lazed the day away, until her parents came home from work and invited me to stay for dinner.
      • Far from the hustle and grit of Berlin, it follows a quartet of young Germans lazing their lives away in a picturesque ski town in the Alps.
      • They lazed the morning away and that afternoon, they walked down Duke of Gloucester Street.
noun leɪzleɪz
  • A spell of lazing around.

    a laze in the sun
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One night we decided to invite a couple of close friends over, for an evening of very cheap wine, and a laze in the spa.

Origin

Late 16th century: back-formation from lazy.

Rhymes

ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, erase, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise

Definition of laze in US English:

laze

verblāzleɪz
[no object]
  • 1Spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner.

    懒散度日,无所事事

    she spent the day at home, reading the papers and generally lazing around

    她白天待在家里,看看报纸,懒洋洋地消磨时间。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is what the guy around you does: he trains like a donkey, lazes around, and then gives away a penalty.
    • And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches.
    • Feeling like she should get up and do something, other then laze around all day, she arose and wandered about the guildhall's many corridors quietly.
    • In Queensland you can go fishing or just laze on the beach…
    • One had to sit and pour water from one of the many taps along the sides, using the soap and mugs kept there for the purpose, and then get into the pool and laze in it for a long time.
    • We don't actually start classes until tomorrow so we can pretty much laze around the whole day.
    • Anyone want some food or would you rather just laze in front of the TV all day?
    • After a busy day of successful meetings, I go home and laze around in my luxurious penthouse.
    • Now I don't feel at all guilty if I simply do my job and laze around for the rest.
    • I had nothing to do for the next two weeks but laze about the flat and work on the paper that was due after holiday.
    • The beach, by contrast, is intended as a comfortable spot to perch up and laze away with a potboiler.
    • It was one of those days where you felt like doing nothing at all except laze.
    • This site is best appreciated if you have at least a few hours to meander around, laze about and take in the views.
    • And all the while, my cat just lazes around the house all day.
    • Head up the east coast to Fisherman's Cove near Chennai and take in the shopping in the city, laze around the beach, and visit heritage spots close by such as Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.
    • Although so large, and so formidably equipped, the swordfish often lazes on the surface of the water and can be harpooned.
    • Instead she disappears into the background and lazes through all of the contests.
    • Actually, all we've done is laze around on the beach.
    • Diversions include everything from roping and riding to minicourses in Native American crafts, but some visitors do little except laze in a hammock, soak in a hot tub, or take a slow boat ride on nearby Blue Lake.
    • Can you imagine coming home from a holiday and saying to your friends, ‘I had the most wonderful time. I did nothing but laze.’
    Synonyms
    relax, unwind, idle, do nothing, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, lounge, lounge about, lounge around, loll, loll about, loll around, lie, lie about, lie around, take it easy
    1. 1.1laze something awaywith object Pass time in a relaxed, lazy way.
      懒散度日,无所事事
      laze away a long summer day

      消磨掉漫长夏日。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nevertheless, a brochure promoting the island in the 1890s stated: ‘Here may the invalid laze the hours away and, book in hand, become intoxicated with the splendour of the scenery and the sounds of the unceasing sea’.
      • We hung around there and watched movies and basically lazed the day away, until her parents came home from work and invited me to stay for dinner.
      • Devour a feast for lunch and then either laze away the afternoon by the pool or on the beach, take a boat out or take part in one of the many other organised sporting activities.
      • I laze the day away, facing heaven and surrounded by paradise.
      • Far from the hustle and grit of Berlin, it follows a quartet of young Germans lazing their lives away in a picturesque ski town in the Alps.
      • They lazed the morning away and that afternoon, they walked down Duke of Gloucester Street.
      • She's flying here to meet up before we up and leave again and laze away Christmas at a villa or something.
nounlāzleɪz
  • A spell of lazing around.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One night we decided to invite a couple of close friends over, for an evening of very cheap wine, and a laze in the spa.

Origin

Late 16th century: back-formation from lazy.

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