英语词汇“sluggards”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Synonyms

Noun

couch potato
deadbeat
do-nothing
drone
idler
layabout
lazybones
loafer
lotus-eater
slouch
slug
slugabed

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Example Sentences

Noun tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019 Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.

Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017 Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently.

Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017 French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British.

The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017

Adjective

The stock really has not done much of anything in the last five years, the stock following a similar sluggard pattern of the company’s revenue line.

Moneyshow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English sluggart

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1557, in the meaning defined above

单词	sluggards
释义	sluggard 1 of 2 noun slug·gard ˈslə-gərd : a habitually lazy person sluggard 2 of 2 adjective : sluggardly sluggardness noun Synonyms Noun couch potato deadbeat do-nothing drone idler layabout lazybones loafer lotus-eater slouch slug slugabed See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour Recent Examples on the Web Noun Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019 Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017 Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently. Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017 French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British. The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017 Adjective The stock really has not done much of anything in the last five years, the stock following a similar sluggard pattern of the company’s revenue line. Moneyshow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021 Word History Etymology Noun Middle English sluggart First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Adjective 1557, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition sluggard noun slug·gard ˈslə-gərd : a lazy person sluggards noun plural of sluggard as in idlers a lazy person tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance idlers snails layabouts slugs lazybones deadbeats loafers drones slouches delayers bums shirkers lotus-eaters laggards couch potatoes slugabeds dawdlers lingerers stragglers slowpokes good-for-nothings do-nothings crawlers loiterers creepers procrastinators slackers clock-watchers stick-in-the-muds putterers lollers malingerers saunterers goldbricks ne'er-do-wells dalliers quitters loungers dropouts Antonyms & Near Antonyms doers hustlers achievers comers hummers go-getters highfliers highflyers self-starters powerhouses live wires go-aheads See More
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sluggard

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