slowth

发音

UK /sləʊθ/
US /slɔθ/
US /sloʊθ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of sloth (“slowness, slothfulness”).

    古体 不可数

    October 15, 1777, George Washington, to Governor George Clinton […] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, […] (1890 edition)

    December 14, 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Alexis Marie Rochon […] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.

  2. 1.

    Slow economic growth.

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  3. 1.

    The state or condition of being slow; slowness.

    不可数

    The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.

词源

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

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