Word · Frequency #22340
sloths
树懒
sloths is the plural of sloth.
核心释义
a slow-moving tropical American mammal that lives in trees and eats leaves and fruits
- 1.
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。
Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
- 2.
树懒亚目中的任何动物。
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
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
用法In use
His sloth kept him from finishing his homework.
用法提示：此处 sloth 是不可数名词，意为“懒惰”，在句中作主语。
She was tired of her own sloth and started exercising.
用法提示：此处 sloth 是介词 of 的宾语，同样指“懒惰”。
The book describes sloth as a serious character flaw.
用法提示：此处 sloth 作动词 describe 的宾语，表达“懒惰”这一抽象概念。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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。
发音与拼写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。
一起学习词形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.