| 释义 |
ˈslottery, a. Sc. and dial.
Also Sc. slottry.
[f. slotter v.
Todd (1818) gives slottery from Urry's ed. of Chaucer (Knt.'s T. 2025), but the correct reading is flotery.]
1. Sc. Sluggish, slothful.
1513Douglas æneid vi. iv. 87 The slottry Sleip, Deidis cusing of kynd. 1808Jamieson, Slottry, slumbering, drowsy, inactive; Loth[ian].
2. dial. Of weather, etc.: Wet, dirty.
1790Grose Prov. Gloss., Slottery weather, foul, wet weather. 1866G. W. Thornbury Greatheart II. 244 The roads [round Boscastle, Cornwall] are slottery. |