释义 |
sluggardness|ˈslʌgədnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] Slothfulness, laziness.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxix. (Bodl. MS.), [Light] wakeþ men of slepe of slogardnes and of slewthe. 1538Elyot, Secordia,..sluggardnesse, vnaptnesse. 1550Hooper Serm. Jonas vi. 162 b, To put awaye the slugerdnes of hys people. 1866Rose Virgil 59 He chaseth sluggardness forth from his reign. 1891Daily News 26 Jan. 6/2 A duet in which jolly Friar Tuck..twits the Black Knight upon his sluggardness. |