sluggard

n. 游手好闲的人；懒鬼；偷懒者

中文词源

sluggard 懒鬼

slug,懒鬼，懒散，-ard,人。

sluggard (n.): late 14c., late 13c. as a surname, "habitually lazy person," from Middle English sluggi "sluggish, indolent," probably from a Scandinavian word such as dialectal Norwegian slugga "be sluggish," dialectal Norwegian sluggje "heavy, slow person," dialectal Swedish slogga "to be slow or sluggish." Adjective sluggy is attested in English from early 13c.
'Tis the voice of a sluggard -- I heard him complain:
"You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."
[Isaac Watts, 1674-1748]

'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare
"You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair."
["Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson), 1832-1898]
As an adjective meaning "sluggish, lazy" from 1590s. Related: Sluggardly.

2. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, the ant like a sluggard.: 我们令蜜蜂显得懒惰, 令蚂蚁看上去像懒汉.

3. I will not, like a sluggard, wear out my youth in idleness at home.: 我不愿意象个懒人一样待在家里, 游手好闲地把我的青春消磨掉.

4. Go to the ant , you sluggard; watch its ways , and be wise.: 箴言 6:6-11 )懒惰人哪, 你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧.

5. Go to the ant, you sluggard ; consider her ways , and be wise.: 懒惰人哪, 你去察看蚂蚁的动作, 就可得智慧.