slouch

• n. 下垂；笨拙的人，懶散的人；懶散的樣子
• vi. 沒精打采地站；耷拉
• vt. 使下垂

來自輔音叢 sl-,邋遢的，懶的，比較 slattern,slut,sloven,slug.

slouch (v.)

"walk with a slouch," 1754; "have a downcast or stooped aspect," 1755; from slouch (n.). Related: Slouched; slouching (1610s as a past participle adjective; 1660s of persons, 1690s of hats).

slouch (n.)

1510s, "lazy man," variant of slouk (1560s), probably from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse slokr "lazy fellow," and related to slack (adj.) on the notion of "sagging, drooping." Meaning "stooping of the head and shoulders" first recorded 1725. Slouch hat, made of soft material, first attested 1764.

1. She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter.

最近，她坐在打字機前就開始變得無精打采的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Most of the time, they slouch around in the fields.

他們絕大多數時間都無精打采地走在田間。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He straightened himself from a slouch.

他一改剛才的無精打采，挺直了腰杆。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Sit up straight. Don't slouch.

挺起胸坐直，別歪歪斜斜的。

來自《權威詞典》

5. He told the children to sit up and not slouch.

他告訴孩子們坐直,別沒精打采的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》