Word · Frequency #22340
sloth
树懒
a slow-moving tropical American mammal that lives in trees and eats leaves and fruits
- 1.
Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
懒惰；思维迟钝；不愿行动或劳动；冷漠与嗜睡交织的感觉；拖沓的闲散。
- 2.
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
树懒亚目中的任何动物。
懒惰；怠惰；懒惰（七宗罪之一）；懒惰；思维迟钝；不愿行动或劳动；冷漠与嗜睡交织的感觉；拖沓的闲散。；树懒亚目中的任何动物。；怠惰
In use
His sloth kept him from finishing his homework.
She was tired of her own sloth and started exercising.
The book describes sloth as a serious character flaw.
zero article + sloth
这里的 sloth 意为“懒惰、怠惰”，是不可数名词，前面不加 a/an。
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
懒惰是七宗罪之一。
a + sloth
sloth 指“树懒”时是可数名词，单数前需加 a 或 the。
A sloth sleeps up to 20 hours a day.
一只树懒一天可睡多达20个小时。
sloths (plural, generic)
sloths 是 sloth 的复数形式，可泛指树懒这类动物。
Sloths are found in the rainforests of Central and South America.
Connections
Collocations
- three-toed sloth
- 三趾树懒
- The three-toed sloth climbs very slowly through the trees.三趾树懒在树上爬行得非常缓慢。
- ground sloth
- 地懒（已灭绝的巨型树懒）
- Ground sloths were much larger than the sloths we see today.地懒比我们今天见到的树懒大得多。
- sloth sanctuary
- 树懒保护区
- We spent the morning at a sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica.我们在哥斯达黎加的一个树懒保护区度过了一个上午。
- the sin of sloth
- 懒惰之罪
- Sloth is traditionally listed among the seven deadly sins.懒惰传统上被列为七宗罪之一。
- mental sloth
- 思维惰性
- Relying on search engines all the time can lead to mental sloth.凡事都依赖搜索引擎会导致思维惰性。
- a life of sloth
Learner notes
Memory Tip
树懒（sloth）动作极慢，把 slow 的 w 换成 th 就成了 sloth——慢到懒得动，所以也指懒惰。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：动物科普、文学/正式书面语、宗教文化 sloth 作“树懒”讲时是普通动物名，多用于科普或日常语境；作“懒惰”讲时较正式，常见于文学或书面表达；另指“七宗罪”之一，多出现在宗教或文化讨论中。
Grammar Note
复数 sloths 仅用于“树懒”义项；“懒惰/怠惰”义项为不可数，无复数形式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 both、oath、loath、growth 押韵（元音 /əu/ + /θ/）；moth、cloth 拼写相近，但元音为 /ɒ/，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.