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单词 slouch
释义 slouch
I. \ˈslau̇ch\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
 a. : an awkward clownish fellow : lout
 b. : one devoid of energy, ambition, or competence : an inefficient person : loafer, incompetent
  < the slouch whom military drill has transformed into a man — Calvin Coolidge >
  < if you're only a clerk, you'll have to yield precedence to the slouch who holds the post of manager — M.F.A.Montagu >
  — often used in negative constructions
  < no slouch as a comedian >
  < no slouch at conversation >
  < a dancer who is no slouch on his feet >
2. : a gait or posture characterized by ungainly stooping of head and shoulders or undue relaxation of body muscles
 < walked with shut lips and cold, cruel bearing, that had something of a slouch and a sneer in it — D.H.Lawrence >
 < all the regular prisoners had the same hollow-gutted slouch — R.O.Bowen >
3. : slouch hat
4. : laziness, shiftlessness
 < saw among them a good deal of slouch — mental, moral, and physical slouch — A.W.Long >
II. adjective
1. : drooping, pendulous
 < slouch ears >
2. : slouching, slouchy
 < he slams slouch scribes — A.L.Hench >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
1. : to move, walk, stand, or sit with a slouch : assume or drop into a slouch : slump
 < the cur dog slouching across the road — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
 < slouched over to the telephone — S.H.Adams >
 < slouched behind the wheel — J.P.Marquand >
 < some of the others slouched on the table around him — Vincent McHugh >
2. : to hand down flaccidly : droop
 < a hat with a brim that slouches >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to hang down or droop
 < slouch the hat over the eyes >
2. : to make in a slouching manner
 < slouched his way along >
3. : to cause (the shoulders) to stoop
 < his head drooped forward, his shoulders were slouched down — O.E.Rölvaag >
IV. \ˈslüch\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from slouch (I)
: a pipe by which an engine takes up water
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