sloven

• n. 懶散的人；不修邊幅的人

來自輔音叢 sl-,邋遢的，懶的，比較 slattern,slut,sloven,slug.用於指邋遢鬼，不整潔的人。

sloven (n.)

late 15c., "immoral woman," later (16c.) also "rascal, knave" (regardless of gender); probably from a continental Germanic source, compare Middle Flemish sloovin "a scold," sloef "untidy, shabby," Dutch slof "careless, negligent," Middle Low German sloven "put on clothes carelessly," from Proto-Germanic *slaubjan, from PIE *sleubh- "to slide, slip" (see sleeve). Meaning "person careless of dress or negligent of cleanliness" is from 1520s. Also see slut.

1. Such sloven work habits will never produce good products.

這樣馬馬虎虎的工作習慣決不能生產出優質產品來。

來自辭典例句