mooch

Word family

mooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitiveT]

1 American EnglishAmE informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it 讨要，乞取 SYN British English scrounge

mooch something off somebody

He tried to mooch a drink off me.

他想从我这儿蹭杯酒喝。

2 mooch around/about phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal WALKto move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little 闲荡，闲逛

Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.

贝丝很高兴可以穿着睡衣闲晃几个小时。

Examples from the Corpus

mooch around/about• Paige lay back, watching him mooch about, putting a pot over the fire and ranging their clothes to dry.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch.• I was told one flight was full, and left the gate to mooch around the newsstands.

Examples from the Corpus

mooch• If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.• Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Mom got sick of him mooching meals from us.• If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park.

Origin mooch

(1400-1500) Old French muchier “to hide”

mooch verb

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 37117 COCA: 38087

mooch

To get something or someone: get, come by, accept...

Someone who is selfish or not generous: miser, skinflint, scrooge...

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