goldbrick

英 [ˈɡəʊldbrɪk]

美 [ˈɡoʊldbrɪk]

v.  偷懒; (装病)逃避工作
n.  偷懒者

现在分词：goldbricking　过去式：goldbricked　第三人称单数：goldbricks　过去分词：goldbricked　

GRE

牛津词典

verb

• 偷懒；（装病）逃避工作
  to be lazy and try to avoid work by pretending to be ill/sick

英英释义

noun

• anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
• a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
• an idle worthless person
  Synonym:goof-offne'er-do-wellgood-for-nothingno-accountgood-for-naught
• a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

verb

• avoid (one's assigned duties)
  1. The derelict soldier shirked his duties
  Synonym:fiddleshirkshrink from
• deprive of by deceit
  1. He swindled me out of my inheritance
  2. She defrauded the customers who trusted her
  3. the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
  Synonym:victimizeswindlerooknobblediddlebuncodefraudscammulctgypgiphornswoggleshort-changecon

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