单词	slouch
释义	slouch1 verbslouch2 noun slouchslouch1 /slaʊtʃ/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINslouch1 Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language Verb Table VERB TABLE slouch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they slouch he, she, it slouches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they slouched Present perfect I, you, we, they have slouched he, she, it has slouched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had slouched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will slouch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have slouched Continuous Form Present I am slouching he, she, it is slouching you, we, they are slouching Past I, he, she, it was slouching you, we, they were slouching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been slouching he, she, it has been slouching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been slouching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be slouching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been slouching Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Ralph sat slouching at the dining room table. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At noon, in the sound-proofed wet-end booth, the foreman slouched beside him. He slouched back under his rug. He slouched into the passenger seat of the ivory Ford sedan and shut the door hard. He was slouched pathetically against a boulder, his face turned shamefully to be the ground. Kitty slouched off again while Charlie got up from the kitchen table carrying the remainder of the pie in his fingers. She scans the groups until she sees a six-foot-three player slouching under a far basket. The brewers have at last woken up to the fact that their high-street shops have become dinosaurs slouching towards extinction. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto be sitting in a chair, on the floor etc► sit to be in a chair, on the floor etc, with the weight of your body resting on your bottom, not on your feet: · Is it okay if I sit here?· Do you want to sit next to Brian?· Let's go sit outside.· A woman in a huge hat came and sat right in front of us.· Billy sat on the edge of the desk, swinging his legs.· I saw a man with grey hair sitting in the car next to Jean.· Come and sit on Mommy's knee.sit at a desk/table/bar/fire etc: · A grey-haired woman was sitting at the reception desk.sit around a desk/table etc: · We all used to sit around the kitchen table, smoking and chatting.sit still (=sit quietly without moving): · I wish you children would sit still for 10 minutes. ► sit up to move your body so that you are sitting, after you have been lying down, or to sit so that your back is straight: · When I got home, Nigel was sitting up in bed.· Sit up like a big girl, and eat your dinner.sit up straight (=sit with your back very straight): · Cadets here are taught to always dress neatly and to sit up straight. ► sit back to lean your back against the back of the chair, after you have been sitting straight, especially because this is more comfortable: · Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music.· Mel sat back on the couch and admired the view of the city. ► be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place, especially because someone has asked or arranged for you to sit there: · The meal cannot start until everyone is seated.· John was seated on my left.· Helen was more than pleased to be seated beside Chris. She'd always wanted to meet him. ► lounge to sit so that you are very comfortable and relaxed, sometimes almost lying down: lounge on: · I dried off, then lounged on a hammock at the poolside.lounge in: · Are you the sort of person who likes to lounge in bed at the weekend? ► slump /be slumped to be sitting with the top of your body leaning forwards or sideways and down, as if you are very tired or as if you are unconscious: slump forward/in/against etc: · He slumped further forward, his lips parted and his eyes closed.· She slumped back in her seat.be slumped in/on/under etc: · Brad was slumped in front of the television watching the game.· Theresa found him slumped over the keyboard.sit slumped: · A young man sat slumped behind the hotel desk, showing little interest in the new arrivals. ► slouch/be slouched to sit in a tired or lazy way, often with your head down and your shoulders sloping downwards: · Marie, don't slouch, sit up straight.slouch back/against/in etc: · Cantor slouched back in his seat and lit a cigarette.· I slouched on a bench and watched the children feed the swans.be slouched in/over/beside etc : · One boy was slouched down in his chair, with a baseball cap almost covering his eyes. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► back · Byron slouched back solidly in his chair, but Shelley never kept still.· He slouched back under his rug.· James was slouched back in his chair with his mouth a little open. ► in · But all this is available to a web site the moment you slouch in. NOUN► chair · James was slouched back in his chair with his mouth a little open.· The sun is setting now as John continues, o en staring at the skyscrapers, slouched in his chair.· She looked at me slouching into my chair, shoulders hunched into my body.· He generally came in late and slouched in a chair as far from Tabachnikov as possible.· One boy is slouched down in his chair, wearing a baseball cap, the bill turned backward.· The big man has been slouching in the leather chair, shouting at the wall, hands cupped.· I slouched in a near-by chair and saw all of it. to stand, sit, or walk with a slouchslouch back/against/in etc Jimmy slouched back in his chair. She slouched across the living room. slouch1 verbslouch2 noun slouchslouch2 noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At 12-1, Stanford is no slouch at home either, you know. Dwight was a literate scholar, president of Yale College, and no slouch when it came to descriptive if overheated passages. First off, let me say that when it comes to sushi, Tucson is no culinary slouch. Guscott would not exactly be a slouch as a running back, either. What if our slouch towards commitment ended at the altar? Your engineer officer, McCafferty, is no slouch either and neither is mine. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be no slouch (at something) At 12-1, Stanford is no slouch at home either, you know. Bonds were no slouch, either. Reed, 33, is no slouch in the kitchen herself. Shearer is some talent, but Newell & Gallagher are no slouches. Your engineer officer, McCafferty, is no slouch either and neither is mine. 1be no slouch (at something) informal to be very good at something:  Horowitz was no slouch at languages.2[singular] a way of standing, sitting, or walking with your shoulders bent forward that makes you look tired or lazy
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