English Dictionary

slouch

IPA（発音記号）

/slaʊt͡ʃ/

名詞

古風

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance / Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. / Someone who is slow to act. / (dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

日本語の意味

頭や体の一部がたるんで下がる状態、またはそのようなだらしない姿勢 / 帽子のつばなどが下に垂れ下がっている状態 / 行動が遅く、のんびりしている、または非積極的な人 / (時代遅れの意味) 不器用で鈍重、コミカルな印象を与える人

After the funeral, his slouch made it clear he was overcome with grief.

葬儀の後、彼のうなだれは彼が深い悲しみに打ちひしがれていることを明らかにした。

意味（1）

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance

He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.

意味（2）

Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

The plant hung in a permanent slouch.

意味（3）

Someone who is slow to act.

In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.

意味（4）

(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

slouches （ plural ）