释义 |
slatternslat‧tern /ˈslætən $ -ərn/ noun [countable] old-fashioned slatternOrigin: 1600-1700 Probably from German schlottern ‘to hang loosely’ - A slattern brought his own meal, a thickly spiced bowl of soup.
- A slattern, evidently his wife, looked on fearfully.
- Anyway, the stranger was about to leave when a slattern dropped a tankard.
- Two days later I was in the taproom of Le Coq d'Or, the slattern beside me half drunk.
a dirty untidy woman – used to show disapproval—slatternly adjective |