late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from Middle English slou, slowe (see slow (adj.)) + abstract formative -th (2). Replaced Old English sl?we "sloth, indolence." Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates Latin accidia.
The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Portuguese pregui?a "slowness, slothfulness," from Latin pigritia "laziness" (compare Spanish perezosa "slothful," also "the sloth").
雙語例句
1. He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
他承認自己缺乏動力,總想犯懶。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Absence of competition makes for sloth.
沒有競爭會導致懶惰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Sloth turns the edge of wit.
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
懶惰是貧窮的原因.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.