The immense cup stands idle and empty now for the second time.

巨大的杯子现在第二次闲置和空着。

" But pick it up, and don't stand idling there like a flamingo" .

“但是把它捡起来，不要像火烈鸟一样无所事事地站在那里”。

The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic.

【idle】整队人干站着等技工来。

It is in moments like thisthat technologists can either rise to the challenge or stand idle.

正是在这样的时刻，技术人员要么迎接挑战，要么袖手旁观。

The whip was given me with directions to use it upon any one who was caught standing idle.

鞭子是按照指示用它来对付任何被发现站着不动的人的。

And England was coming in to help the Confederacy win the war, because the English mills were standing idle for want of Southern cotton.

同时英国正进来协助南部联盟取得胜利，因为英国纺织厂由于缺乏南方的棉花已经闲着没事干了。

Apparently so long an interval ensued with the men at the windlass standing idle, that some women shrieked that another accident had happened!

很明显，起锚机旁的男人们闲置了很长时间， 以至于一些女人尖叫着说又发生了一起事故！

Then I hope, resumed the dial plate, that we shall all return to our duty immediately; for the maids will be in bed if we stand idling thus.

“那么，我希望，”表盘接着说，我们大家立即各就各位，女仆们马上就该起床了，我们还在这无所事事地闲聊。

The cotton mills of England were standing idle and the workers were starving, and any blockader who could outwit the Yankee fleet could command his own price in Liverpool.

英国的棉纺厂正在那里停工待料，工人在挨饿，所以每个穿过了北方佬舰队的封锁线商人都可以随心所欲地要高价呢。

In three weeks she was up, declaring she had to see to the mills. They were standing idle because both Hugh and Ashley feared to leave their families alone all day.

厂子目前没有人管，因为休和艾希礼都不敢整天把家眷扔下不管。