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单词 slugabed
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Definition of slugabed in English:

slugabed

nounˈslʌɡəbɛdˈsləɡəˌbed
North American archaic
  • A lazy person who stays in bed late.

    睡懒觉的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm hoping to get a few more from lollygaggers and slugabeds.
    • I was awake at 6: 00 a.m. while the hardened slugabeds wanted to sleep the day away.
    • Give it a read if you're interested in what a foreigner thought of English stage coaches and slugabed habits.
    • This time though, his team were not the slugabeds who had toiled so morosely against Austria, Poland and England in Manchester.
    • The sun is out and shining, and you are lying in bed like a lazy little slugabed.
    Synonyms
    idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, laggard, malingerer

Origin

Late 16th century: from the rare verb slug 'be lazy or slow' + abed.

Definition of slugabed in US English:

slugabed

nounˈsləɡəˌbed
North American archaic
  • A lazy person who stays in bed late.

    睡懒觉的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was awake at 6: 00 a.m. while the hardened slugabeds wanted to sleep the day away.
    • Give it a read if you're interested in what a foreigner thought of English stage coaches and slugabed habits.
    • This time though, his team were not the slugabeds who had toiled so morosely against Austria, Poland and England in Manchester.
    • The sun is out and shining, and you are lying in bed like a lazy little slugabed.
    • I'm hoping to get a few more from lollygaggers and slugabeds.
    Synonyms
    idler, loafer, good-for-nothing, wastrel, drone, scrounger, cadger, ne'er-do-well, do-nothing, layabout, slob, lounger, shirker, sluggard, laggard, malingerer

Origin

Late 16th century: from the rare verb slug ‘be lazy or slow’ + abed.

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