| 单词 | sloth |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [sləuθ] |
| 解释 | n.懒惰；树獭(一种动物) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.懒惰 (indolence)； 【考】 反义词：industry(勤 奋) 【例】 overcome one's habitual sloth |
| 字源 | 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"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (对工作)懒惰 = indolence 【记】原指: 树懒－移动缓慢, 栖息在树上, 用爪子倒悬在树枝上, 吃树叶、嫩芽和果实. Slo = slow, th死: 慢慢地死是因为懒惰. 【类】rakish: restraint = slothful: assiduity放荡的缺乏抑制 = 偷懒的缺乏刻苦 【反】industry(n 工业; 勤奋) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自slow，slow + 音：事，slow地做事，做什么事情都slow |
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