slouch

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

slouches

1.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.
2.
Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
The plant hung in a permanent slouch.
3.
Someone who is slow to act.
Đồng nghĩa: idler, loafer, laggard, underachiever, achiever, go-getter
4.
(dated)An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

slouches

V_ing/Gerund

slouching

V_ed/pp

slouched

1.
(intransitive)To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
Do not slouch when playing a flute.
Đồng nghĩa: stoop, droop, loll, slump
2.
(intransitive)To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.
3.
(transitive)To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.
Đồng nghĩa: sag

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

idler loafer laggard underachieverachievergo-getterstoop droop loll slump sag

Trái nghĩa

achievergo-getter

Cùng gốc / liên quan

slouch hat

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Nguồn gốc từ

Unclear. Perhaps from Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (lazy fellow). See also sloka, related to slak (slack, soft and flexible) and Latin laxus (loose, slack).