- 1慢郎中;動作慢吞吞的人(美式口語)
A slowpoke is someone who moves or does things too slowly. It is everyday American English, usually teasing: a parent calling to a child, friends waiting at the door. British English prefers . It is not a formal word and not a medical one; it is just how people hurry each other along. Though actually, many students in Taiwan meet Slowpoke first as a Pokémon name. That character was named after this older teasing word, not the other way round.
core核心畫面
組成From slow + poke.
原始詞典資料1 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。
slowpokenoun/ˈsloʊˌpoʊk/
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derogatoryinformalA person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
- Hey, you slowpokes in the back! Get a move on!
- "Yas'm," said Prissy and, turning, sauntered down the walk at snail's gait. "Hurry, you slow poke!"
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。