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单词 slowcoach
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slowcoachn.

Brit. /ˈsləʊkəʊtʃ/, U.S. /ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., coach n.
Etymology: < slow adj. + coach n.
colloquial (now chiefly British).
(A name for) a person who acts, works, or moves slowly; a slow, idle, or indolent person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow
sloweOE
tarrier1382
sluggard1398
slugc1425
slugger1539
lingerer1579
snaila1593
slowcoach1828
slowpoke1847
go-slow1858
slowie1901
slow boat to China1919
swiftie1945
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > one who or that which moves slowly > slow-moving person
Vulcan1600
Tom Long1602
dawdlea1764
dawdler1818
slowcoach1828
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person
sluggard1398
slugc1425
dawa1500
belly huddroun?a1513
slowbelly1526
luggard?1528
heavy arse1530
slugger1539
druggard1569
slowback1577
snaila1593
slugplum1593
druggle1611
dawdlea1764
laggard1808
doldrum1812
dawdler1818
slowcoach1828
lag-last1830
slowpoke1847
morepork1874
slob1876
slow boat to China1919
schlump1941
1828 Bell's Life in London 7 Dec. The slow coaches who reserve their vertebræ for another wreath than the ‘palma nobilis’ of a broken neck over a rasper.
1832 E. Darwin Let. 18 Aug. in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 258 Mr Banks has promised me the mirrors &c but as you know he is a slow coach.
1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. xii. 147 He's not very quick in temper, or anything else; he's what we call a slow coach.
1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 42 There are plenty of lazy people and plenty of slow-coaches, but a genuine idler is a rarity.
1960 M. K. Harris Seraphina xvi. 162 ‘Come along, slow-coach,’ said Miss Graham. I brought up the rear with her.
2000 Independent 5 Dec. (Tuesday Review section) 7/2 The phenomenon of Pavement Rage that steals over modern shoppers when they find tourists, lovers, geriatrics and other disobliging slowcoaches in their way.

Derivatives

ˈslow-coachish adj. suggestive of or resembling a slowcoach.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective]
lateeOE
slackc1000
slowc1225
heavya1400
lent14..
slowfulc1400
sloth1412
latesomea1425
sluggedc1430
sluggingc1430
tardy1483
lingeringa1547
tarde1547
sleuth1567
snailish1581
slow-moving1592
lagging1597
snail-paced1597
snail-slow1600
slow-pacing1616
snail-like1639
sluggish1640
ignave1657
languishing1693
slow-stepping1793
lentitudinous1801
somnolent1812
slow-coachish1844
tardigradous1866
vermigrade1938
slow-cooking1968
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy
slowOE
sluggy?c1225
dull1393
slowfulc1400
sluggedc1430
sluggingc1430
slugc1440
sluggishc1450
lithera1500
peakish1519
lumpish1528
sopit1528
loiterous1566
slugring1566
drowsy1570
slow-bellied1576
snailish1581
blate1597
druggly1611
jacent1611
clammy1622
loggish1642
ignave1657
sliving1661
druggle-headed1694
slow-coachish1844
loggy1847
logy1859
tardigradous1866
tardigrade1883
1844 W. M. Thackeray May Gambols in Fraser's Mag. June 704/2 A venerable, bald-headed gentleman, with a most benignant, though slow-coachish look.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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