slouch
verb [intransitive]- (+ adv./prep.)
to stand, sit or move in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward 沒精打采地站(或坐、走);低頭垂肩地站(或坐、走) Several students were slouching against the wall. 幾個學生無精打采地靠在牆上。 Sit up straight. Don't slouch. 挺起胸坐直,别歪歪斜斜的。 He slouched across the room and collapsed in a chair. 他沒精打采地穿過房間,癱倒在椅子上。
Word Originearly 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.