sloth的词源

英文词源

sloth (n.)

late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from Middle English slou, slowe (see slow (adj.)) + abstract formative -th (2). Replaced Old English slæwð "sloth, indolence." Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates Latin accidia.

The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Portuguese preguiça "slowness, slothfulness," from Latin pigritia "laziness" (compare Spanish perezosa "slothful," also "the sloth").

中文词源

sloth：怠惰；树懒

这种南美洲萌物的名字的字面意思是“the slow-moving animal”。sloth实际就是slow+抽象名词后缀-th，比如width [wɪdθ] n.宽度；广度是wide+th，depth [depθ] n.深度，是deep+th，strength [streŋθ] n.力量；兵力；长处，是strong+th等。哎，怪不得叫“懒”呢。

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