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英语单词 slouch
英美音标 英 [slaʊtʃ] 美 [slaʊtʃ]
中文释义 n.没精打采的样子;耷拉;笨人
v.没精打采地站
英语例句 (1) There had something of a slouch and a sneer in his bearing.
(2) He is good at chess and no slouch at bridge, either.
(3) Don't slouch! Stand up straight!
中文例句 (1) 他的脸上带着一副心灰意懒而又不屑一顾的神情。
(2) 他擅长棋类,桥牌也非弱项。
(3) 别没精打采的! 起来站直了!
vocabulary简明 To slouch is to sit or stand with your shoulders hunched. Most people are more likely to slouch when they're tired or bored.
vocabulary扩展 You might tend to slouch in math class but sit up straight and tall when your favorite art teacher invites you to enter a piece in an art show. Your math class posture can itself be described as a slouch as well. Yet another meaning of slouch is a person who's lazy or useless — this is actually the word's original definition, from the 1500's. It's thought to be rooted in the Old Norse word slokr, "lazy fellow."
柯林斯解释
1
[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.
  [V]
  [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。

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  • 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。

2
[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。

3
[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。

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