kill time/an hour etcSPEND TIMEto spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen 消磨时光，打发时间 With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre. 还有点时间可以消磨，于是他叫了一辆出租车去市中心。
→ kill time/an hour etc at kill1(4)