slouch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ/|[ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ]    美 /ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ/|[ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
    — He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.
  2. Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
    — The plant hung in a permanent slouch.
  3. Someone who is slow to act.
    — In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
  4. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. dated
动词 v.
  1. To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture intransitive
    — Do not slouch when playing a flute.
  2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. intransitive
    — I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.
  3. To cause to hang down or droop; to depress. transitive
    — […] then he slouched his head down on the table and pretended to sleep.

词形变化

slouches plural slouches present,singular,third-person slouching participle,present slouched participle,past slouched past

词汇关系

衍生词
slouch hat sloucher slouchingly slouchy

词源

词源 1
Unclear. Perhaps from Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). See also Swedish sloka (“to slouch, wilt”), related to Swedish slak (“slack, soft and flexible”) and Latin laxus (“loose, slack”).
词源 2
Unclear. Perhaps from Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). See also Swedish sloka (“to slouch, wilt”), related to Swedish slak (“slack, soft and flexible”) and Latin laxus (“loose, slack”).
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