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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
slouch
slouch [slouch slouches slouched slouching] verb, noun BrE [slaʊtʃ] NAmE [slaʊtʃ] verb intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to stand, sit or move in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward •Several students were slouching against the wall. •Sit up straight. Don't slouch. •He slouched across the room and collapsed in a chair. Verb forms: Word Origin: early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean ‘hanging down, drooping’ (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the face), and ‘having an awkward posture’ from the 17th cent. Idiom: ↑no slouch noun usually singular a way of standing or sitting in which your shoulders are not straight, so that you look tired or lazy Word Origin: early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean ‘hanging down, drooping’ (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the face), and ‘having an awkward posture’ from the 17th cent.
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