| 单词 | slovenly |
| 释义 | slov·en·ly /ˈslʌvənli/ adjective LAZYlazy, untidy, and careless 懒散的；邋遢的；不修边幅的；马虎的 slovenly habits 邋里邋遢的习惯 a large slovenly woman 一个身材高大、不修边幅的女人 a slovenly way of speaking 随便的说话方式 —slovenliness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusslovenly• Their landlady was fat and slovenly.• On top of that there was the slovenly, almost token, way they had drawn the first covert.• She was fat, slovenly, and out of shape.• Their table manners perfectly reflect the slovenly appearance.• The aide was hired to keep the governor's slovenly brother out of the public eye.• Ridgery Butts was a slovenly, poor village, clay and thatch hovels clustered about its church and windmill.• It was a way to guarantee that slovenly practices and inefficiencies would become even more firmly entrenched.• Aldo gave a slovenly salute and left.• She was attractive in a plump, slovenly way, with a mass of jet-black curls, dark eyes and brown skin.Origin slovenly (1500-1600) sloven “dirty messy person” ((15-21 centuries)), probably from Flemish sloovin “woman of bad character”slov·en·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable careless lazy, and Corpus untidy, |
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