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Slipshod Adj Wearing Shod Slipʃɔd A.马虎的,草率的 英 马虎的,草率的

单词 slipshod
音标 ['slipʃɔd]
解释 a.马虎的,草率的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 马虎的,草率的 (not exact or thorough)
【考】 反义词:punctilious (细心的)
【例】 a slipshod worker
字源 slipshod (adj.)
1570s, "wearing slippers or loose shoes," from slip (v.) + shod "wearing shoes." Sense of "slovenly, careless" is from 1815, probably from the notion of appearing like one in slippers, or whose shoes are down at the heels.
不择手段背单词 adj. 马虎草率的; 邋遢的, 不修边幅的 = slovenly
【记】slip滑倒, shod = shoe鞋: 穿鞋还滑倒-马虎草率的
【反】punctilious(adj 谨小慎微的); assiduous(adj 勤勉的)
趣味全助记 【记】slipper拖鞋 + shod(shoe 的过去时),总是穿着拖鞋的

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