| 词组 | ponce |
| 释义 | ponce [ponced, ponced, poncing] ponce about/around 1. ponce about/around BrE spoken to waste time doing silly things, instead of doing serious work: ▪ When are you two going to stop poncing around and do something useful? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess around informal, ↑muck about/around BrE informal 2. ponce about/around BrE spoken informal if you say that a man is poncing about or around, you mean that the way he walks, dresses etc is more like a woman than a man - used to show disapproval: ▪ He wants to be a professional dancer. Can't you just imagine him poncing about in pink tights? ponce off ponce off sb • ponce sth off sb BrE old-fashioned informal to ask someone to give you money or something such as a cigarette, without offering to pay: ▪ I hadn't got any money, so I ponced some off Brian. ▪ I'm dying for a cigarette. Who can I ponce off? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑scrounge, cadge |
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