消磨时间 meaning in Chinese
fill up time
idle away ＝kill time
kill the enemy
killtime
loiter about
snooze
time out(2002/ii)
wile away the time
Examples
- Thus conversing, they wore away the hours .
他们这样交谈着，消磨时间。 - I can fill the time by spring cleaning the house .
我能用大扫除来消磨时间。 - We bought some cheap literature to kill time with .
我们买了些廉价故事书，好消磨时间。 - We whiled away the time at the airport reading magazines .
我们在机场阅读杂志消磨时间。 - I recognized these as essentially time wasting devices .
我知道这主要是消磨时间的办法。