| 单词 | slouch |
| 释义 | slouch (once / 1926 pages) vn To slouch is to sit or stand with your shoulders hunched. Most people are more likely to slouch when they're tired or bored. You might tend to slouch in math class but sit up straight and tall when your favorite art teacher invites you to enter a piece in an art show. Your math class posture can itself be described as a slouch as well. Yet another meaning of slouch is a person who's lazy or useless — this is actually the word's original definition, from the 1500's. It's thought to be rooted in the Old Norse word slokr, "lazy fellow." WORD FAMILYslouch: slouched, sloucher, slouches, slouching, slouchy+/sloucher: slouchers/slouchy: slouchily USAGE EXAMPLESIn somewhat of a statistical and intellectual improbability, Couch Slouch agrees with both sides. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) THE MAN WHO revived Gucci the first time is no slouch. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) But the other freshmen in the semifinals are no slouches either. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v assume a drooping posture or carriage Syn|Hyper slump droop, flag, sag, swag droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness 2v walk slovenly Hyper walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 3n a stooping carriage in standing and walking Hyper bearing, carriage, posture characteristic way of bearing one's body 4n an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions he's no slouch when it comes to baseball Hyper incompetent, incompetent person someone who is not competent to take effective action |
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