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 English
slothother
=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.

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