单词 | slowcoach |
释义 | slowcoachn. 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). < n.1828 |
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