mooch
verb
uk/muːtʃ/us/muːtʃ/moochverb(MOVE SLOWLY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]informal
towalkor do thingsslowlyand without muchpurpose:
闲逛，漫步disapprovingStop mooching(about/around)inyourroomand do somethinguseful!别在房间里闲呆着了，做点儿有用的事！
Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- circulate
- dumbwalking
- flâneur
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mincing
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- saunter
- stroll
- stroller
- tippy
- tiptoe
- wander
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Useless and futile
moochverb(GET)
[IorT]USslang
toborrowfrompeopleoraskthem to give you things withoutpayingfor them orintendingtoreturnthem:
捞取；白吃，白拿；揩油You'reoldenough to get ajobandstopmoochingoffyourfamily.你年纪不小了，可以找份工作，别再白吃家里的了。
He mooched a fewbeersfromme as wewatchedthegame.我们看比赛的时候，他从我这里白拿了几瓶啤酒喝。
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- petitioner
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition
mooch
noun[S]
UKinformaluk/muːtʃ/us/muːtʃ/aperiodoftimespentwalkingaroundslowlyand without muchpurpose:
闲逛I'm going for a moochroundtheshops(= tolookat what is there, not tobuyaparticularthing).我去商店逛逛。
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolous
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- unfavourably
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom