- 1（動物）樹懶；（正式）怠惰、懶惰
Sloth has two meanings. It's a slow-moving animal that lives in the trees of Central and South America, famous for barely moving at all. It's also an old, more formal word for — not wanting to make an effort or do work — and is one of the "seven deadly sins" in Christian tradition.
core核心畫面
組成Built from slow + -th, an old ending that turns a describing word into a noun for that quality, like warm becomes warmth. The slow-moving animal was later named after this human quality.
同家族的字
- slowsloth is built from slow + the old noun-forming ending -th
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
slothnoun/sləʊθ/
- 1
Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
- Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.
- Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.
- 2
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
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biologyhistoryhuman-sciencesAny animal in the suborder Folivora.
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rareA group of bears.
- "Thirteen!" interrupted Gavan in surprise. "Isn't that a large number for a sloth of bears?" "It certainly is," the hunter answered, "six is as many as I ever saw together. Maybe the tracks looked like a lot more. That happens.
- One day there was a sloth of grizzly bears trying to catch salmon fish from the river
slothverb/sləʊθ/
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obsoleteTo be idle; to idle (away time).
- He has been slothing this whole weekend.
- […] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]
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