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(transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly. / (transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.

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元となった辞書の項目

while

IPA（発音記号）

/ʍaɪl/

動詞

複合語中他動詞 away 付き句動詞古語自動詞別表記異形誤綴り

(transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly. / (transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.

日本語の意味

（自分の）時間を、無為に、だらだらと過ごす / （他人の）時間を、暇にさせる、つぶす

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She likes to while away the afternoon reading in the garden.

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彼女は庭で読書をして午後の時間を過ごすのが好きです。

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意味（1）

(transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly.

I whiled away the hours whilst waiting for him to arrive

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意味（2）

(transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.

They whiled them with such answere as suted to their purposes, and long adoe was made in weaving and unweaving Penelopes web, till the Spanish Armada was upon the Coast, and the very Ordnance proclaimed in their eares a surcease from further illusions.

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