[no obj.](mooch about/around)(Brit.)loiter in a bored or listless manner (英)无聊闲逛;漫步 he just mooched about his bedsit. 他只是在卧室兼起居室里随意走走。
[with obj.](N. Amer.)ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it (北美)索取;捞取;揩油 a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food. 你的一伙朋友要来吃白食。 [no obj.]I'm mooching off you all the time. 我一直都在揩你的油。
noun
[in sing.](Brit.)an instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner (英)无聊闲逛;漫步
(N. Amer.)a beggar or scrounger (北美)乞丐;偷窃者
派生 moocher noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'to hoard'): probably from (Anglo-Norman French muscher) 'hide, skulk'. A dialect sense 'play truant' dates from the early 16th cent.; current senses date from the mid 19th cent