kill time

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （等待时）消磨时间，打发时光

   to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen

   Sitting around looking out of the window to kill time is one thing, but doing it the way you are, with binoculars and wild opinions about every little thing you see, is diseased!

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• It's not that I'm overly ambitious. It's just a way of killing time...The Apartment1960
• No, I'm just killing time.Steel Magnolias1989
• Sitting around looking out of the window to kill time is one thing, but doing it the way you are, with binoculars and wild opinions about every little thing you see, is diseased!Rear Window1954
• When you get your kill, time is of the essence.Into the Wild2007
• Oh no, don't worry. I'll find ways to kill time today.Long Shot2019
• No. Who did they kill this time?The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• So how can we kill the time?Wild2014
• A time to kill and a time to heal.Wedding Crashers2005

在完整场景里学

• 桃色公寓1960
  • 打电话帮上司换公寓：throw a monkey wrench（打乱计划）
  • 上司拿票换钥匙：out of hand（失控）
  • 散场后大厅聊到档案：go to waste（白白浪费掉）
• 钢木兰1989
  • 清早的忙乱与当场录用：talking to a brick wall（说了等于白说）
  • 美发店雇新人聊八卦：talk some trash（聊点别人的闲话）
  • 婚前拉锯与邻里算账：a bone to pick with（有账要算）
• 后窗1954
  • 电话里争克什米尔任务：go up in smoke（眼看要完蛋）
  • 护士唠叨偷窥与结婚：call the whole thing off（取消整件事）
  • 带晚餐上门聊婚事：seen better days（风光不再）

同一词条的短语

• kill the goose that lays the golden egg
• kill or cure
• kill two birds with one stone
• kill with kindness
• kill yourself laughing
• curiosity killed the cat
• dressed to kill
• if looks could kill
• have time on your hands
• kill off

习语频道里接下来

• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off
• play by the rules
• pull the wool over eyes
• put the record straight
• roll up your sleeves
• sooner rather than later
• take a shine to
• you could have fooled me
• on air
• one or two