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单词 sloven
释义

sloven

/ˈslʌv(ə)n /
noun dated
A person who is habitually untidy or careless.He may have been king of the aesthetes and the quintessential dandy about town - but behind the bedroom door, Oscar Wilde lived the life of a careless sloven....
  • Yet Seibei is grave and self-possessed, not a sloven but a man committed to various duties-among them the care of his dotty mother and his two beloved children.
  • I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'person with base manners'): perhaps from Flemish sloef 'dirty' or Dutch slof 'careless, negligent'.

Rhymes

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