sluggishness 音标拼音: [sl'ʌgɪʃnəs]
惯性; 惰性; 停滞
惯性; 惰性; 停滞
sluggishness n 1 :
a state of comatose torpor (
as found in sleeping sickness )
[
synonym : {
lethargy }, {
lassitude }, {
sluggishness }]
2 :
the pace of things that move relatively slowly ; "
the sluggishness of the economy "; "
the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold "
3 :
inactivity ;
showing an unusual lack of energy ; "
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends " [
synonym :
{
languor }, {
lethargy }, {
sluggishness }, {
phlegm }, {
flatness }]
Sluggish \
Slug "
gish \,
a .
1 .
Habitually idle and lazy ;
slothful ;
dull ;
inactive ;
as ,
a sluggish man .
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2 .
Slow ;
having little motion ;
as ,
a sluggish stream .
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3 .
Having no power to move one '
s self or itself ;
inert .
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Matter ,
being impotent ,
sluggish ,
and inactive ,
hath no power to stir or move itself . --
Woodward .
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And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect .
--
Longfellow .
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4 .
Characteristic of a sluggard ;
dull ;
stupid ;
tame ;
simple .
[
R .] "
So sluggish a conceit ." --
Milton .
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Syn :
Inert ;
idle ;
lazy ;
slothful ;
indolent ;
dronish ;
slow ;
dull ;
drowsy ;
inactive .
See {
Inert }.
[
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Slug "
gish *
ly },
adv . --
{
Slug "
gish *
ness },
n .
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19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sluggishness ":
hebetude ,
idleness ,
indolence ,
laggardness ,
languidness ,
languor ,
lassitude ,
laze ,
laziness ,
lethargy ,
lifelessness ,
phlegm ,
pococurantism ,
shiftlessness ,
sloth ,
slothfulness ,
slouch ,
stagnation ,
torpor
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