| 单词 | sloven |
| 释义 | sloven (once / 2985 pages) n A sloven is a disgusting, sloppy person. If you call your messy roommate a sloven, expect him to be offended. You can use the noun sloven when you need a good word for a terrible slob. It's not a very common word, but it replaces pig very nicely when you're talking about a truly sloppy, unpleasant person. Sloven was first used in the fifteenth century to mean "person with horrible manners." Its origins are uncertain, but it probably stems from either the Flemish sloef, "dirty," or slof, which is Dutch for "careless or negligent." WORD FAMILYsloven: slovenly, slovens+/slovenliness: slovenlinesses/slovenly: slovenliness USAGE EXAMPLESHe, God, had made a sloven and unforgivable error in judgment: designing an imperfect universe. Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye(1970) The names of the teams - "kings, royals, knights" - reveal a lack of imagination and a sloven admiration for colonial and aristocratic titles. BBC(May 25, 2012) He was such a sloven, as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person.... More, Paul Elmer, Shelburne Essays, Third Series(2012) n a coarse obnoxious person Syn|Hypo|Hyper pig, slob, slovenly person litter lout, litterbug, litterer a person who litters public places with refuse slattern, slovenly woman, trollopa dirty untidy woman vulgarian a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) |
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