loll
loll — 動詞
- lollpresent simple I / you / we / they
- lollshe / she / it
- lolledpast simple
- lolling-ing form
1. To sit, lie, or lean without holding your body upright or tense, or to hang loos
懶躺；垂落
放鬆地躺靠或無力地垂下
To sit, lie, or lean without holding your body upright or tense, or to hang loosely without control — used especially of a person's head or tongue.
Evelyn lolled on the sofa after the mountain hike, boots still on, holding iced tea.
Evelyn 爬山回來後懶躺在沙發上，靴子沒脫，手裡端著冰茶。
loll + on [furniture] after activity
Jin lolled against the kitchen counter, too tired to finish washing the dishes.
Jin 懶散地靠在廚房檯面上，累得連碗盤都不想洗完。
Indra and Lakshmi lolled on a picnic blanket, fanning themselves under the oak tree.
Indra 和 Lakshmi 懶躺在野餐墊上，在大橡樹下搧著風。
Nkechi's old dog sat in the shade with its tongue lolling out of its mouth.
Nkechi 的老狗坐在陰涼處，舌頭耷拉在外面。
Eli fell asleep on the bus and his head lolled forward onto his chest.
Eli 在公車上睡著了，頭往前垂到胸前。
- sit up straight
describes an alert, upright posture
- brace
to hold the body stiffly against movement
文法句型
loll + preposition (about/around/against/back/on)
tongue/head + loll + adverb (out/forward/back)
用法筆記
This sense covers two distinct visual images: a person relaxing with a loose, careless posture, and a body part that droops. For the first image, loll is commonly paired with about, around, or against. For the second, the subject is usually tongue or head and the verb is followed by an adverb of direction such as out, forward, or back.
常見錯誤
loll — 名詞
1. The way someone sits or lies when they are resting their body in a comfortable,
懶散姿態
放鬆舒適的坐臥姿勢
The way someone sits or lies when they are resting their body in a comfortable, lazy position without holding themselves upright.
Sofia's lazy loll in the hammock, a book on her stomach, made her look relaxed.
Sofia 懶散地躺在吊床上，一本書擱在肚子上，看起來很放鬆。
lazy loll + in [furniture]
Alessia caught sight of her brother's comfortable loll against the car door as they waited for the ferry, and smiled.
Alessia 看到弟弟在等渡輪時舒服地靠在車門邊的模樣，微微一笑。
The cat's peaceful loll on the warm windowsill ended when a sparrow landed on the bird feeder outside the window.
貓在溫暖的窗台上那副安詳的懶相，被一隻停在窗外鳥食器上的麻雀打斷了。
A young photographer noticed the old man's relaxed loll on the park bench and took a photo with her camera.
一位年輕攝影師注意到老先生在公園長椅上那副自在的懶態，用相機拍了下來。
文法句型
possessive + loll + preposition
用法筆記
This noun is very uncommon. It is most often found in descriptive writing and usually needs a possessive or determiner (his loll, the cat's loll) plus a prepositional phrase showing where the lolling happens.