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    mooch

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitive]  1 American English informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it 讨要，乞取 SYN British English scroungemooch something off somebody He tried to mooch a drink off me. 他想从我这儿蹭杯酒喝。2 mooch around/about phrasal verb British English informal WALKto move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little 闲荡，闲逛 Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress. 贝丝很高兴可以穿着睡衣闲晃几个小时。→ See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    mooch• If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.• Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Mom got sick of him mooching meals from us.• If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park.    Origin mooch (1400-1500) Old French muchier “to hide”
    mooch verbChinese
    to something by Corpus asking someone get


    mooch
    mooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Old French
     Origin: muchier __to hide__
    American English informal to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it
       SYN  scrounge British English
        mooch something off somebody
        He tried to mooch a drink off me.
         
    mooch around/about phrasal verb British English informal
      to move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little:
        Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.


    moochBrE /muːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /muːtʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they mooch BrE /muːtʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /muːtʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it mooches BrE /ˈmuːtʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmuːtʃɪz/ 🔊past simple mooched BrE /muːtʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /muːtʃt/ 🔊past participle mooched BrE /muːtʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /muːtʃt/ 🔊 -ing form mooching BrE /ˈmuːtʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmuːtʃɪŋ/ 🔊 (informal) [intransitive] + adv./prep. (BrE) to walk slowly with no particular purpose; to be somewhere not doing very much 溜达；闲逛 SYN potter ◆He's happy to mooch around the house all day. 他就愿意在家里闲待着。🔊🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (off sb) (NAmE) to get money, food, etc. from sb else instead of paying for it yourself 白吃（或用等）；要别人白给（金钱、食物等） SYN cadge ◆He's always mooching off his friends. 他总是向朋友讨钱花。🔊🔊