leave about, leave around transitive verb [leave sth about or around] (carelessly) 乱放 luàn fàng ; (deliberately) 放置 fàngzhì ▸ he always leaves his clothes around his bedroom 他总是把衣服扔得卧室里到处都是 ▸ I need a place where I can leave my tools around 我需要一个可以放工具的地方 |