lie around
phrasal verbwithlieverbuk/laɪ/us/laɪ/
informal(UKalsolie about)If things arelyingaround, they areleftinplaceswhere they should not be:
乱放,乱搁Has anyoneseenmykeyslyingaround?有人看见我的钥匙落在什么地方了吗?
I wouldn'tleaveanymoneylyingaround theofficeif I were you.我要是你就不会把钱在办公室里乱放。
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- polluted
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
tospendtimelyingdown and doing very little:
无所事事,懒散度日Ispentaweekin Spain,lyingaround on thebeach.我在西班牙呆了一周,在海滩上享受清闲。
to spend time doing nothing or very little
- lazeI can’t wait to go on holiday and just laze about on the beach.
- have time to killWe had some time to kill, so we went to the museum.
- have time on your handsShe should be able to volunteer at the animal shelter - she has time on her hands since graduating from uni.
- be at a loose endUKHe was at a loose end when his parents left on holiday.
- wait aroundWe were just waiting around while our friends ran inside to get tickets.
- hang around (somewhere)I'll just hang around until you get here.
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- prone
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- recline
- sink
- sit back
- sprawl
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
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