sloth

英 [sləʊθ] 美 [sloʊθ]

• n. 树獭；懒惰

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 怠惰
2. 懒散
3. 懒惰
4. 树懒
5. <古>缓慢
6. 延误
7. 【动】树懒
8. 缓慢
9. 树獭
10. 斯洛特（音译名）

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英英释义

Noun:

1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself

2. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

3. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Sloths live in trees and move very slowly.
   树獭生活在树上而且行动缓慢。
2. He has kept sloth out.
   他已经克服了懒惰。
3. Sloth is one of human being's weaknesses.
   人性的弱点之一是懒惰。

经典引文

• There was a brief period..during which I got up in the early hours..but my habitual sloth soon prevailed.

  出自： A. Guinness

词汇搭配

• sloth bear 印度的一种长毛熊...
• ground sloth 地懒

近反义词

【近义词】

• laziness 懒惰
• idleness 懒惰
• sluggishness 惯性
• indolence 怠情
• apathy 冷漠
• inertia 惯性
• languor 怠惰
• lethargy 昏睡
• acedia 倦怠
• slothfulness 怠惰