| 单词 | to have the slows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the slows b. colloquial. A tendency to move or act slowly, sometimes humorously imagined as an ailment; slowness. Frequently in to have the slows. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > torpor or sluggishness heavinessc888 gravity1610 the slows1832 malaise1857 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > imaginary ailment causing slowness the slows1832 1832 G. C. Lewis Let. 7 Nov. (1870) 17 Lest Gilbert should think that the Hereford horses have a monopoly of the slows. 1833 Sporting Mag. May 8/2 The hounds..are seldom troubled with the slows. 1862 G. Welles Diary 2 Sept. in W. E. Gienapp & E. L. Gienapp Civil War Diary Gideon Welles (2014) 27 McClellan..can be trusted to act on the defensive, but having the ‘slows’ he is good for nothing for an onward movement. 1927 Daily Express 13 Dec. 16/2 Rimell's mare, How Nice, had a fit of the slows, for she was always in the next division from start to finish. 1970 D. Francis Rat Race viii. 102 They might as well send him to the knackers. Got the slows right and proper, that one has. 2009 Mississippi Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 July The state might have had the ‘slows’ when it came to the state budget, but it has been ahead of the curve when it comes to grabbing stimulus money. < as lemmas |
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