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mooch

vi.流浪,缓行 vt.偷,偷偷拿走

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mooch为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:moocher 动词过去式:mooched 过去分词:mooched 现在分词:mooching 第三人称单数:mooches

mooch


/mu:tʃ; mutʃ/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (off/from sb) (US infml 口) get sth by asking; cadge sth 乞讨某物
*mooch money off sb 向某人讨钱.
2 (phr v) mooch about/around (...) (infml 口) wander aimlessly around (a place) 漫步; 闲逛
*mooching around the house with nothing to do 在房子周围无事闲逛.

mooch


v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: muchier 'to hide']
AmE informal to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it
British Equivalent: scroungemooch sth off sb
 He tried to mooch a drink off me.
mooch around/aboutphr v
to move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little
 Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.