英语单词

sloth是什么意思

sloth

英 [sləʊθ] 美 [sloθ]
  • n. 怠惰,懒惰;[脊椎] 树懒
  • n. (Sloth)人名;(丹)斯洛特

助记提示


1、联想法:slow 慢慢的----就会变成---懒惰
2. slow => sloth.

英文词源


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").

双语例句


1. He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
他承认自己缺乏动力,总想犯懒。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Absence of competition makes for sloth.
没有竞争会导致懒惰.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Sloth turns the edge of wit.
懒散能磨去才智的锋芒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
懒惰是贫穷的原因.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.
大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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