英语词汇“slow、coach”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

slow-coach

释义

ˈslow-coach
Also slowcoach, slow coach.
[f. slow a.]
One who acts, works, or moves slowly; a slow, idle, or indolent person.
1837Dickens Pickw. xxxiv, What does this allusion to the slow coach mean?.. It may be a reference to Pickwick himself, who has..been a criminally slow coach during the whole of this transaction.1837Marryat P. Keene xii, He's not very quick in temper, or anything else; he's what we call a slow coach.1886Jerome Idle Thoughts 42 There are plenty of lazy people and plenty of slow-coaches, but a genuine idler is a rarity.
Hence ˈslow-coaching, ˈslow-coachish adjs.
1844Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 209 A venerable bald-headed gentleman, with a most benignant tho' slow-coachish look.1855Smedley H. Coverdale i. 3 None of your old slow-coaching days for me; life's not long enough for dreaming.

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