sloven
英 ['slʌvən]
美 [ˈslʌvən]
1. Slovenia人的特征就是sloven, slovenly
sloven 不整洁的人,邋遢鬼来自辅音丛 sl-,邋遢的,懒的,比较 slattern,slut,sloven,slug.用于指邋遢鬼,不整洁的人。
- sloven (n.)
- late 15c., "immoral woman," later (16c.) also "rascal, knave" (regardless of gender); probably from a continental Germanic source, compare Middle Flemish sloovin "a scold," sloef "untidy, shabby," Dutch slof "careless, negligent," Middle Low German sloven "put on clothes carelessly," from Proto-Germanic *slaubjan, from PIE *sleubh- "to slide, slip" (see sleeve). Meaning "person careless of dress or negligent of cleanliness" is from 1520s. Also see slut.
- 1. Such sloven work habits will never produce good products.
- 这样马马虎虎的工作习惯决不能生产出优质产品来。