goldbrick
['gold`brɪk]
vi. 逃, 游闲

n. 假金砖, 赝品, 懒



goldbrick
[ noun ]

1. a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

<noun.person>

2. an idle worthless person

<noun.person>

3. a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

<noun.artifact>

4. anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. deprive of by deceit

<verb.social> bunco con defraud diddle gip gyp hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change swindle victimize
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

2. avoid (one's assigned duties)

<verb.social> fiddle shirk shrink from
The derelict soldier shirked his duties

goldbrick \gold"brick`\ n.
an idle worthless person. [slang]

Syn: goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing,
good-for-naught.
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