Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - slouch
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Slouch
slouch
(slouches, slouching, slouched) 1. If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive. Try not to slouch when you are sitting down... She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter. VERB: V, V prep/adv 2. If someone slouches somewhere, they walk around slowly with their shoulders and head bent looking lazy or bored. Most of the time, they slouch around in the fields... VERB: V adv/prep
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1515 1. a. an awkward fellow ; lout b. one that is unimpressive; especially a lazy or incompetent person — used in negative constructions was no ~ at cooking 2. a gait or posture characterized by an ungainly stooping of the head and shoulders or excessive relaxation of body muscles II. verb Date: 1754 intransitive verb 1. to walk, stand, or sit with a ~ ; assume a ~ 2. droop 3. to go or move slowly or reluctantly transitive verb to cause to droop ~ed his shoulders • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. stand or move or sit in a drooping ungainly fashion. 2 tr. bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards (opp. COCK(1)). 3 intr. droop, hang down loosely. --n. 1 a slouching posture or movement, a stoop. 2 a downward bend of a hat-brim (opp. COCK(1)). 3 sl. an incompetent or slovenly worker or operator or performance. Phrases and idioms slouch hat a hat with a wide flexible brim. Derivatives slouchy adj. (slouchier, slouchiest). Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сутулость, сгорбленность 2. неуклюжая, тяжелая походка, поступь 3. разг. лентяй; плохой, неумелый работник to be no slouch at work —- неплохо справляться с работой 4. разг. неуклюжий, нескладный человек 5. фетровая шляпа с широкими мягкими опущенными полями 6. редк. опущенные поля (шляпы) 7. сутулиться, горбиться; непрямо держаться 8. опускать he slouched his shoulders —- он опустил плечи 9. надвигать (шляпу) на лоб 10. опускаться, свисать (о полях) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
about слоняться, болтаться без дела Ever since he lost his job, hes done nothing but slouch around (the house). SLOUCH around see slouch about SLOUCH hat шляпа с широкими опущенными полями SLOUCH 1. noun 1) неуклюжая походка 2) сутулость 3) лентяй; he is no slouch - он неплохой работник 4) увалень 5) опущенные поля (шляпы) 2. v. 1) неуклюже держаться, сутулиться 2) свисать (о полях шляпы) 3) надвигать (шляпу); опускать поля - slouch about - slouch around ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v to stand, sit, or walk with a slouch (Stop slouching, it's not good for your back. | I slouched in my chair.) - slouchingly adv ~2 n 1 a way of standing, sitting, or walking with your shoulders bent forward that makes you look tired or lazy 2 be no slouch (at) informal to be very good or skilful at something (She's certainly no slouch where organization is concerned.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1515, "lazy man," variant of slouk (1570), perhaps from O.N. slokr "lazy fellow," and related to slack. Meaning "stooping of the head and shoulders" first recorded 1725. The verb meaning "walk with a slouch" is from 1754. Slouch hat first attested 1837. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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