| 词汇 | sloth |
| 释义 | sloth noun uk /slɒθ/uk /sləʊθ/ us /slɑːθ/ slothnoun (NO EFFORT)[ U ]literary unwillingness to work or make any effort: 懒散，懈怠 The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.该报道批评了政府在解决环境问题上的懈怠。 Laziness and lazy people bludger bone idleidiom bum around CBA clock-watcher deadbeat indolent indolently layabout lazily laziness lie shiftless shirker skiver slacker slackness unambitious vegetable work-shy slothnoun (ANIMAL)[ C ] a mammal that moves slowly and lives in trees: 树懒 Sloths live in Central and South America.树懒生活在中美洲和南美洲。 Buddy Mays/Corbis Documentary/GettyImages Wild mammals aardvark anteater armadillo Bactrian bandicoot grizzly grizzly bear hedgehog hippopotamus honey possum panda pangolin peccary pine marten platypus stoat sugar glider tamandua tapir Tasmanian devil sloth | American Dictionarysloth noun[ C ] us/slɔθ, sloʊθ/ an animal that moves very slowly and spends much of its time hanging by its feet from trees Examples of slothsloth Big game, including bison, mammoths and ground sloths, also were attracted to these water sources. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sloths have very poor eyesight and hearing, and rely almost entirely on their senses of touch and smell to find food. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although they are not true ruminants, sloths have three-chambered stomachs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Osteoderms are uncommon in mammals, but do occur in many xenarthrans (glyptodonts, armadillos, ground sloths). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lianas also provide access routes in the forest canopy for many arboreal animals, including ants and many other invertebrates, lizards, rodents, sloths, monkeys, and lemurs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Three-toed sloths are predominantly diurnal, although they can be active at any hour of the day, while two-toed sloths are nocturnal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Three-toed sloths do not have a mating season and breed year round. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Male three-toed sloths are attracted to females in estrus by their screams echoing throughout the canopy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mammals are rare but there are still wildcats, wilddogs, sagui monkeys, sloths, skunks, deer, capivara and bats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sloth's stomach was able to digest coarse and fibrous food. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the island, the park protects forests, mangroves, monkeys, sloths, caiman, crocodile, and 28 species of amphibians and reptiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fossils of ground sloths have been found in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite sloths' apparent defenselessness, predators do not pose special problems: sloths blend in with the trees and, moving only slowly, do not attract attention. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground sloths do not constitute a monophyletic group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Two-toed sloths are generally faster-moving than three-toed sloths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of sloth These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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