sloth
英 [sləʊθ]
美 [sloθ]
- n. 怠惰，懶惰；[脊椎] 樹懶
- n. (Sloth)人名；(丹)斯洛特
助記提示
1、聯想法：slow 慢慢的----就會變成---懶惰
2. slow => sloth.
英文詞源
- sloth (n.)
- late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from Middle English slou, slowe (see slow (adj.)) + abstract formative -th (2). Replaced Old English slæwð "sloth, indolence." Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates Latin accidia.
The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Portuguese preguiça "slowness, slothfulness," from Latin pigritia "laziness" (compare Spanish perezosa "slothful," also "the sloth").
雙語例句
- 1. He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
- 他承認自己缺乏動力，總想犯懶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Absence of competition makes for sloth.
- 沒有競爭會導致懶惰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Sloth turns the edge of wit.
- 懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
- 懶惰是貧窮的原因.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.
- 大部分時間裏樹懶都是倒掛在樹枝上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》