[VERB 动词]无精打采地坐着(或站着) If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive.
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[V prep/adv]
Try not to slouch when you are sitting down...
坐的时候尽量不要无精打采的。
She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter.
最近,她坐在打字机前就开始变得无精打采的。
Slouch is also a noun.
He straightened himself from a slouch.
他一改刚才的无精打采,挺直了腰杆。
slouched
The men were slouched on sofas and chairs...
男人们无精打采地坐在沙发和椅子上。
She had been slouched against the counter.
她无精打采地倚着柜台。
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[VERB 动词]无精打采地走;懒洋洋地走 If someone slouches somewhere, they walk around slowly with their shoulders and head bent looking lazy or bored.
[V adv/prep]
Most of the time, they slouch around in the fields...
他们绝大多数时间都无精打采地走在田间。
Scowling, the lad slouched over.
这个小家伙愁眉苦脸,一副垂头丧气的样子。
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[PHRASE 短语]擅长;愿意卖力工作;手脚勤快麻利 If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
[N inflects]
The Welsh are no slouches at cooking.
威尔士人在烹饪方面可是好手。
Oxford
slouch/slaʊtʃ; NAmEslaʊtʃ/
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slouchslouchesslouchedslouchingverb[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to stand, sit or move in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward 没精打采地站(或坐、走);低头垂肩地站(或坐、走)◆Sit up straight. Don't slouch.挺起胸坐直,别歪歪斜斜的。noun[usually singular ]a way of standing or sitting in which your shoulders are not straight, so that you look tired or lazy 没精打采地站(或坐)的姿态IDIOMbe no ˈslouch( informal) to be very good at sth or quick to do sth 擅长于;干得麻利◆She's no slouch on the guitar.她是弹吉他的好手。slouch/slaʊtʃ; NAmEslaʊtʃ/
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slouch1 verb
slouch2 noun
slouchslouch1 /slaʊtʃ/ verb [intransitive]
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to stand, sit, or walk with a slouchslouch back/against/in etc Jimmy slouched back in his chair. She slouched across the living room.
slouch1 verb
slouch2 noun
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1be no slouch (at something) informal to be very good at something: Horowitz was no slouch at languages.2[singular] a way of standing, sitting, or walking with your shoulders bent forward that makes you look tired or lazy
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