sluggard

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
  2. A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
    — But while these sluggards slept on, on dry land, snoring peacefully beside their owners, the oldest boat was up at the crack as old folk often are, and was therefore the first craft to move across the unfrozen lake.
  3. A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

词形变化

sluggards plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sluggardise sluggardize sluggardly sluggardness
相关词
lug slug sluggish

词源

From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).
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