sloth
Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining…Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
» Sloths are slow.
Faultiere sind langsam.
Ленивцы медлительны.
Лінивці повільні.
Значення
значень: 4(незлічуване)Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.
Trägheit, Faulheit, Müßiggang
леньlenʹ, ле́ностьlénostʹ
ліньlinʹ, ле́дарствоlédarstvo, лі́нощіlínošči
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
(злічуване, особливо, незлічуване)Any member of species of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae of herbivorous, arboreal South American mammals, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
Faultier
лени́вецlenívec
ліни́вецьlinývecʹ
(злічуване, незлічуване)Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
(збірне, злічуване, рідковживане)A group of bears.
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
- a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Приклади
речень: 30Sloths are slow.
Лінивці повільні.
ruЛенивцы медлительны.
deFaultiere sind langsam.
Armadillos are related to anteaters and sloths.
Adriano saw a sloth at the zoo.
The sloth has a very slow metabolism.
The sloth is a surprisingly good swimmer.
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мов: 9За значеннями 2
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Походження
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolenFrom Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).
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Форми
множина: slothsСиноніми
синонімів: 6- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins):lazinessacedia
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits:tree sloth
- a disinclination to work or exert yourself:slothfulness
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антонімів: 2Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 8Уроки до слова
уроків: 1- A1Злічувані та незлічувані іменники — Бо воно може бути незлічуваним