"mill about" in Chinese (Simplified)
四处走动闲逛
Definition
在某个地方没有明确目的地走动,通常是一群人。常用来形容人们慢慢地、没有特定方向地活动。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常用于口语,通常描述人群或多个个体在公众场合如车站、活动等无明确目的地移动。不能用于快速或有目的的行动,强调无序和漫无目的。
Examples
You could see students milling about the campus between classes.
你可以看到学生在课间**闲逛**在校园里。
Tourists mill about outside the museum waiting for it to open.
游客在博物馆外**四处走动**等着开门。
Everyone just sort of milled about after the movie, not sure what to do next.
电影结束后,大家都**闲逛**着,不知道下一步该做什么。
Crowds milled about in the street, waiting for the parade to start.
人群在街上**闲逛**,等着游行开始。
People started to mill about in the lobby before the conference began.
会议开始前,人们在大厅里开始**四处走动**。
At the party, children would mill about near the snack table.
在派对上,孩子们会在零食桌旁**游来游去**。