slipshod

形容词 adj.
/ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/    /ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
    — Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
  2. Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes. obsolete
    — [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.

词形变化

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词汇关系

词源

From slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally wearing slippers. The meaning slovenly is from the early 19th century.
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