also slow poke, 1848, American English from slow (adj.) + poke (n.3), the name of a device, like a yoke with a pole, attached to domestic animals such as pigs and sheep to keep them from escaping enclosures. Bartlett (1859) calls it "a woman's word."
双语例句
1. This man is really a slowpoke , he never hurries in doing anything.
这个人真是个慢性子, 干什么事也不着急.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. Slowpoke: Shortest total distance traveled in the match.
总距离最短的比赛.
来自互联网
3. So who's a slowpoke?
看,谁是个磨磨蹭蹭的家伙?
来自互联网
4. The human 100 m record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica. He's a relative slowpoke at 9.54 secs.
人类100米记录的保持都是牙买加的乌塞博尔特,他的记录是9. 54秒,比起莎拉他可慢多了.
来自互联网
5. I know he a slowpoke, I wonder why did he so hurry to the airport?
