sluggish

'slʌgiʃ

托福雅思 Collins 1

s. moving slowly

a. 偷懒的, 懒惰的, 迟钝的
[经] 萧条的, 呆滞的

Collins 星级

11,196

BNC 频率

10,122

使用频率

sluggish 可以拆分为 slug（蜗牛）和后缀 -ish。蜗牛动作缓慢，-ish 表示类似于，因此 sluggish 意思是像蜗牛一样缓慢。

例句

1. The cat was sluggish after eating a big meal.

猫在吃完一顿大餐后显得很懒散。

2. I felt sluggish this morning because I didn't sleep well last night.

我今天早上感觉很无精打采，因为昨晚没睡好。

3. The computer runs sluggishly when too many programs are open.

当打开太多程序时，电脑运行得很缓慢。