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sloth

[ slawth slohth ]

noun

  1. habitual disinclination to exertion; laziness; indolence:

    Indifference, negligence, and sloth have no place in the classroom.

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  2. any of several slow-moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish-brown coat often of a greenish cast caused by algae, and long, hooklike claws used in gripping tree branches while hanging or moving along in a habitual upside-down position.
  3. a pack or group of bears.


sloth

/ 蝉濒蓹蕣胃 /

noun

  1. any of several shaggy-coated arboreal edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae, esp Bradypus tridactylus ( three-toed sloth or ai ) or Choloepus didactylus ( two-toed sloth or unau ), of Central and South America. They are slow-moving, hanging upside down by their long arms and feeding on vegetation
  2. reluctance to work or exert oneself
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sloth1

First recorded in 1125鈥75; Middle English slowth; replacing Old English 蝉濒牵飞迟丑, derivative of 蝉濒牵飞, variant of 蝉濒腻飞 鈥渟濒辞飞鈥; slow, -th 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sloth1

Old English 蝉濒牵飞迟丑; from 蝉濒牵飞, variant of 蝉濒腻飞 slow
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Their blood temperature fluctuates with the ambient temperature, a rare trait among mammals that they share with the sloth.

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A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache.

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And so much more illness is on the rise, from Victorian-era diseases like tuberculosis to novel tropical diseases like 鈥渟loth fever.鈥

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Non-human primates, including howler monkeys and sloths, can also be infected with Oropouche, which is why the disease is sometimes nicknamed 鈥渟loth fever.鈥

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Gluttony, greed, sloth, lust and even murder have been on display in its cryptic halls.

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