sloth
🇬🇧 UK/sləuθ/🇺🇸 US/slәuθ/
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Definitions
n.
Laziness and unwillingness to work or make an effort; also, a slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal of South America.
懒惰,怠惰;树懒(南美洲动物)
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishslothother
=sloth
Common Collocations
- 1.deadly sin of sloth懒惰这一大罪
- 2.sheer sloth纯粹的懒惰
- 3.[intellectual sloth]思想上的懒惰
- 4.three-toed sloth三趾树懒
Example Sentences
- 1.
His sloth was evident in the pile of unfinished tasks on his desk.
- 2.
The three-toed sloth can sleep up to twenty hours a day in the rainforest canopy.