sloven
英 ['sl?v(?)n]
美['sl?vn]
- n. 懶散的人；不修邊幅的人
GRE
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1. Slovenia人的特征就是sloven, slovenly
中文詞源
sloven 不整潔的人，邋遢鬼
來自輔音叢 sl-,邋遢的，懶的，比較 slattern,slut,sloven,slug.用于指邋遢鬼，不整潔的人。
英文詞源
- sloven (n.)
- late 15c., "immoral woman," later (16c.) also "rascal, knave" (regardless of gender); probably from a continental Germanic source, compare Middle Flemish sloovin "a scold," sloef "untidy, shabby," Dutch slof "careless, negligent," Middle Low German sloven "put on clothes carelessly," from Proto-Germanic *slaubjan, from PIE *sleubh- "to slide, slip" (see sleeve). Meaning "person careless of dress or negligent of cleanliness" is from 1520s. Also see slut.
雙語例句
- 1. Such sloven work habits will never produce good products.
- 這樣馬馬虎虎的工作習慣決不能生產出優質產品來。
來自辭典例句