单词 | sloth |
释义 | sloth /slawth/ or, esp. for 2, /slohth/, n. 1. habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness. 2. any of several slow-moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish-brown coat often of a greenish cast caused by algae, and long, hooklike claws used in gripping tree branches while hanging or moving along in a habitual upside-down position. 3. a pack or group of bears. [1125-75; ME slowth (see SLOW, -TH1); r. OE slaewth, deriv. of slaew, var. of slaw slow] Syn. 1. shiftlessness, idleness, slackness. |
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