sluggish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
    — a sluggish man
  2. Slow; having little motion.
    — Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.
  3. Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
    — Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.
  4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth.
    — Inflation has been rising despite a sluggish economy.

词形变化

sluggisher comparative more sluggish comparative sluggishest superlative most sluggish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
sluggishly sluggishness sluggish schizophrenia unsluggish

词源

Etymology tree
English slug
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English sluggish
From slug + -ish.
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