loaf
n
(pl loaves )
1 mass of bread shaped and baked in one piece 大面包
Two brown loaves and one large white one, please. 请拿两个黑面包和一个大的白面包.
2 (idm 习语) half a loaf is better than none/than no bread (saying 谚) having to accept less than one expects, or feels that one deserves, is better than having nothing 接受半块面包总比没有好; 聊胜於无. use one's loaf => use1.
loaf v [I, Ipr, Ip]
(infml 口) spend time idly 虚度光阴
Don't stand there loafing there's work to be done. 别站在那儿呆著--有事要干呢.
loaf around (the house all day) (成天在家)闲混.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.