消磨时间

拼音xiāo mó shí jiān

分词翻译

消的英语翻译：

disappear; eliminate; pass the time in a leisurely way; remove; vanish
【医】 slake

磨的英语翻译：

abrade; burnish; grind; mill; milling; strop; whet
【医】 grinding; mill

时间的英语翻译：

hour; time; when; while
【化】 time
【医】 tempo-; time
【经】 time

相关词条

1.killtime 2.killtheenemy 3.wileawaythetime 4.counthisthumbs 5.countherthumbs 6.filluptime 7.counttheirthumbs 8.countmythumbs 9.loofaway

例句

1. 她在康复期间做些什麽来消磨时间呢？What did she do to pass the time (ie to make the period of boredom less tedious) while she was convalescing?
2. 对那些认为它闷得可以的人们说来，那是一本为消磨时间的书。It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
3. 我那趟班机误点了，我只好看书消磨时间[打发了两小时]。My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book.
4. 为了消磨时间等待展览开始，我们逛了逛商场。To kill time until the exhibition opened, we looked round the shops.
5. 我等她的时候，以浏览陈列窗而消磨时间。While I was waiting for her, I killed time by looking in the show window.

英语翻译

count one's thumbs; kill time; killtime; loiter about