idle

idle
1. adjective
1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) ledig, ubeskjeftiget
2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) lat, doven
3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) tom, innholdsløs
4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) grunnløs
2. verb
1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) drive omkring
2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) gå på tomgang
- idleness
- idly
- idle away
doven
I
subst. \/ˈaɪdl\/ eller idle speed
(teknikk) tomgang
change the idle (speed) justere tomgangen
run at idle (speed) (la) gå på tomgang
set the correct idle (speed) justere tomgangen
II
verb \/ˈaɪdl\/
1) sløse bort tiden, late seg, sløve, dovne seg, drive dank
2) drive omkring, reke
he idled along the street
han drev gatelangs
3) (teknikk) gå på tomgang, få til å gå på tomgang
4) (amer.) ta ut av arbeid, permittere
5) sette ut av spill
the flu idles a lot of people
influensaen setter mange mennesker ut av spill
idle (away) sløse bort
don't idle your time away
ikke sløs bort tiden din
idle about gå og late seg, drive omkring
III
adj. \/ˈaɪdl\/
1) sysselløs, uvirksom, ledig, ubeskjeftiget, ute av drift
we spent many idle hours during the holidays
vi hadde mange ledige stunder da vi var på ferie
2) uanvendt, ubrukt, ledig
3) (om person) lat, doven, giddesløs, arbeidssky
4) arbeidsløs
5) (mekanikk, teknikk) stillestående
6) (teknikk) på tomgang
7) (om handling) meningsløs, nytteløs, fånyttes, unyttig, uten mening, ufruktbar, resultatløs, forgjeves
this will only lead to idle speculations
dette vil bare føre til meningsløse spekulasjoner
all her efforts had been idle
all innsatsen hennes hadde vært forgjeves
it would be idle to argue further
det vil være nytteløst å fortsette diskusjonen
8) (om snakk, trussel e.l.) tom, overflatisk
be idle ligge på latsiden
be\/lie idle stå stille, være ute av drift
the machines were idle
maskinene var ute av drift
ligge ubrukt
be thrown idle sethrow, 2
an idle glance seglance, 1
an idle rumour serumour, 1
an idle threat sethreat
sit idle sitte med hendene i fanget

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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