slouch

slouch

1. huono ryhti, retkottaminen, kyhjötys

Synonyymisanakirja

slouch

ryhti, kumara ryhti, laahustaminen, epäpätevä, epäpätevä henkilö, poropeukalo, tunari, kävellä, laahustaa, rahjustaa, roikkua, riippua, lysähtää, retkottaa.

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Englannin sanakirja

slouch (englanti > suomi)

1. roikottaminen hanging down of the head; kyyhöttäminen drooping posture; velttous, vetelyys limp appearance

2. lerpahdus; roikkuminen

3. vetelys, vätys

4. köntys

slouch englanniksi

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

He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.

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

The plant hung in a permanent slouch.

3. Someone who is slow to act.

4. 2014, Ian Jack, "http://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/-sp-is-this-the-end-of-britishness Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

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.

5. puhekieltä An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

6. puhekieltä To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture

Do not slouch when playing a flute.

7. puhekieltä To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.

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