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Definition of slouch in English: slouchverb slaʊtʃslaʊtʃ 1no object, with adverbial Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way. 没精打采地站（或动、坐） he slouched against the wall 他没精打采地靠在墙上。 the lads slouched about the place resentfully he was slouched in his chair 他懒洋洋地坐在椅子上。 Example sentencesExamples - The number of times I see sales staff slouching against walls or counters playing with their hair, or all standing around having a great old gossip - are too many to count.
- ‘He won't talk ’, Mamoru grunted sourly, slouching back in his chair.
- Mama used to droop like a flower then, and she would slouch in her chair.
- I threw my backpack next to his desk with disgust, and slouched in his chair.
- Some of the usual causes of stress and strain on the spine include slouching in chairs, driving in hunched positions, lifting heavy objects incorrectly, sleeping on sagging mattresses and being unfit or overweight.
- A beggar slouches against a wall, his legs festering with open wounds.
- I gave a disgusted sigh and moved away from the living room and slouched down in one of the kitchen chairs.
- Throwing off her ear-rings and slouching in her chair, she begins her soliloquy with a moment of anachronistic genius and continues to define the character for a modern sensibility.
- When you slouch or stand with a swayback, you exaggerate your back's natural curves.
- I slouched into my chair, moving my back around to avoid hitting the bruises.
- She stayed slouched down in her chair though, too dizzy to stand up at the moment.
- He stood slouched against one of the set's walls, his hands in his pockets and his feet crossed at the ankles.
- Armed soldiers lined the walls and slouched in the galleries of the courtroom as du Toit testified.
- He was barely a meter and a half in height, yet still had the tendency to slouch when standing and frequently referred to himself as ‘The Man’.
- ‘You have no idea,’ he sighed, slouching into his chair in front of the fire.
- The film opens with a tableaux of a grimy industrial area where a man loiters impassively, slouching against a wall, kicking a bottle down the street, watching the wind whip up dust devils on a vacant patch of gravel.
- But he had to work hard within himself, forcing himself outside to walk when he wanted to slouch in a chair.
- In the best-known photograph of him, he slouches with one lazy hand on his rifle, sporting a squint that makes him seem none too bright.
- She demanded again, and poked Greg in the arm until he stopped slouching, moved up to the suit, and yanked off the helmet.
- After the chairs got filled, some preferred to sit down on the matted floor, slouching against the wall with their eyes closed.
Synonyms slump, hunch loll, droop, sag, stoop 2dated with object Bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards. 〈旧〉把（帽）檐一边拉下 a travelling hat slouched over his eyes
noun slaʊtʃslaʊtʃ 1A lazy, drooping posture or movement. 懒散（或无力）的姿态（或动作） his stance was a round-shouldered slouch 他拱背曲肩，一副懒散的姿态。 Example sentencesExamples - He walked in a springy slouch, his thin frame forming a question mark, his gut preceding his chest by a beat or two.
- The others slouch back, assuming the same secondary roles they play on stage.
- And Law possesses the frumpy slouch of a man dissatisfied with his lot in life.
- I have a slight slouch, but that shouldn't count against me, should it?
- Chris, who was already waiting there, removed his hands from behind his head and sat up, for he had been positioned in a lazy slouch.
- My back ached and for the first time, I recognized the slouch in my posture.
- She came across the stage with a marvellous slouch, has poise, panache, posture, studied clothes and high beauty.
2informal usually with negative An incompetent person. 〈非正式〉无能的人 my brother was no slouch at making a buck 我兄弟在赚钱的方面可是个好手。 he's no slouch on the guitar Example sentencesExamples - Not Hall of Famers, perhaps, but no slouches either.
- The actors of Hoffman's New York-based company were no slouches either.
- While green tea may be a nutritional over-achiever, other tea varieties like black and oolong are no slouches either.
- Meanwhile, as we try ever harder to sell our wares in the States, they're no slouches at the reverse operation.
- We aren't exactly a bunch of slouches, and they've stuck it to us.
- Meanwhile local residents, no slouches when it comes to campaigning against projects which they deem to be unacceptable, can be expected to keep matters under close scrutiny.
- Although players such as Brooking will not likely be moving anywhere, the second tier of available backers is no group of slouches.
- And the supporting cast isn't a bunch of slouches.
- The competition deserves a higher status than it has had in the past, because the clubs involved in it are certainly no slouches.
- If Higgins and Tom Kelly are star performers then the others are no slouches either.
- But the highly-trained fighters of the Royal Navy have now shown they are no slouches on land, particularly when it comes to winter sports.
- But the allies were no slouches either, and they incorporated their war correspondents much more closely into the military machine.
- And few of those hold a candle to magnificent Ms. Jones and her mighty Dap-Kings, a collective powerhouse on stage and no slouches in the studio either.
- It should be noted the Khan of Kabul and his soldiers were no slouches either, giving the British several hidings in the late 19th Century.
- Not exactly known as slouches in the recording studio, this is still not the kind of behaviour we expect from recording artists these days.
- He cites the heat as a possible problem to contend with and the opposition may be no slouches either.
- Accuracy is achieved by a cool hand and head, and at Ilparpa, the shooters are no slouches.
- He's quick to point out that the early classes weren't populated by slouches.
- To their credit however, those two remaining guards were no slouches.
- And big city police forces are no slouches either.
3A downward bend of a hat brim. 帽檐下垂
OriginEarly 16th century (in the sense 'lazy, slovenly person'): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean 'hanging down, drooping' (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the face), and 'having an awkward posture' from the 17th century. Rhymesavouch, couch, crouch, debouch, grouch, ouch, pouch, vouch Definition of slouch in US English: slouchverbslaʊtʃslouCH 1no object, with adverbial Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way. 没精打采地站（或动、坐） he slouched against the wall 他没精打采地靠在墙上。 he was slouched in his chair 他懒洋洋地坐在椅子上。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘You have no idea,’ he sighed, slouching into his chair in front of the fire.
- Armed soldiers lined the walls and slouched in the galleries of the courtroom as du Toit testified.
- I slouched into my chair, moving my back around to avoid hitting the bruises.
- I gave a disgusted sigh and moved away from the living room and slouched down in one of the kitchen chairs.
- When you slouch or stand with a swayback, you exaggerate your back's natural curves.
- The film opens with a tableaux of a grimy industrial area where a man loiters impassively, slouching against a wall, kicking a bottle down the street, watching the wind whip up dust devils on a vacant patch of gravel.
- She stayed slouched down in her chair though, too dizzy to stand up at the moment.
- ‘He won't talk ’, Mamoru grunted sourly, slouching back in his chair.
- Mama used to droop like a flower then, and she would slouch in her chair.
- He stood slouched against one of the set's walls, his hands in his pockets and his feet crossed at the ankles.
- The number of times I see sales staff slouching against walls or counters playing with their hair, or all standing around having a great old gossip - are too many to count.
- In the best-known photograph of him, he slouches with one lazy hand on his rifle, sporting a squint that makes him seem none too bright.
- After the chairs got filled, some preferred to sit down on the matted floor, slouching against the wall with their eyes closed.
- Some of the usual causes of stress and strain on the spine include slouching in chairs, driving in hunched positions, lifting heavy objects incorrectly, sleeping on sagging mattresses and being unfit or overweight.
- A beggar slouches against a wall, his legs festering with open wounds.
- But he had to work hard within himself, forcing himself outside to walk when he wanted to slouch in a chair.
- She demanded again, and poked Greg in the arm until he stopped slouching, moved up to the suit, and yanked off the helmet.
- He was barely a meter and a half in height, yet still had the tendency to slouch when standing and frequently referred to himself as ‘The Man’.
- Throwing off her ear-rings and slouching in her chair, she begins her soliloquy with a moment of anachronistic genius and continues to define the character for a modern sensibility.
- I threw my backpack next to his desk with disgust, and slouched in his chair.
2dated with object Bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downward. 〈旧〉把（帽）檐一边拉下
nounslaʊtʃslouCH 1A lazy, drooping posture or movement. 懒散（或无力）的姿态（或动作） his stance was a round-shouldered slouch 他拱背曲肩，一副懒散的姿态。 Example sentencesExamples - He walked in a springy slouch, his thin frame forming a question mark, his gut preceding his chest by a beat or two.
- Chris, who was already waiting there, removed his hands from behind his head and sat up, for he had been positioned in a lazy slouch.
- The others slouch back, assuming the same secondary roles they play on stage.
- And Law possesses the frumpy slouch of a man dissatisfied with his lot in life.
- I have a slight slouch, but that shouldn't count against me, should it?
- My back ached and for the first time, I recognized the slouch in my posture.
- She came across the stage with a marvellous slouch, has poise, panache, posture, studied clothes and high beauty.
2informal usually with negative An incompetent person. 〈非正式〉无能的人 my brother was no slouch at making a buck 我兄弟在赚钱的方面可是个好手。 Example sentencesExamples - Not exactly known as slouches in the recording studio, this is still not the kind of behaviour we expect from recording artists these days.
- Although players such as Brooking will not likely be moving anywhere, the second tier of available backers is no group of slouches.
- The competition deserves a higher status than it has had in the past, because the clubs involved in it are certainly no slouches.
- And the supporting cast isn't a bunch of slouches.
- We aren't exactly a bunch of slouches, and they've stuck it to us.
- But the allies were no slouches either, and they incorporated their war correspondents much more closely into the military machine.
- Not Hall of Famers, perhaps, but no slouches either.
- Meanwhile, as we try ever harder to sell our wares in the States, they're no slouches at the reverse operation.
- The actors of Hoffman's New York-based company were no slouches either.
- He's quick to point out that the early classes weren't populated by slouches.
- To their credit however, those two remaining guards were no slouches.
- While green tea may be a nutritional over-achiever, other tea varieties like black and oolong are no slouches either.
- He cites the heat as a possible problem to contend with and the opposition may be no slouches either.
- And few of those hold a candle to magnificent Ms. Jones and her mighty Dap-Kings, a collective powerhouse on stage and no slouches in the studio either.
- And big city police forces are no slouches either.
- But the highly-trained fighters of the Royal Navy have now shown they are no slouches on land, particularly when it comes to winter sports.
- If Higgins and Tom Kelly are star performers then the others are no slouches either.
- It should be noted the Khan of Kabul and his soldiers were no slouches either, giving the British several hidings in the late 19th Century.
- Meanwhile local residents, no slouches when it comes to campaigning against projects which they deem to be unacceptable, can be expected to keep matters under close scrutiny.
- Accuracy is achieved by a cool hand and head, and at Ilparpa, the shooters are no slouches.
3A downward bend of a hat brim. 帽檐下垂
OriginEarly 16th century (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean ‘hanging down, drooping’ (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the face), and ‘having an awkward posture’ from the 17th century. |