la‧zy / leɪzi / 形容词 ( comparative lazier , superlative laziest )

1 not liking work and physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything :

the laziest boy in the class

He felt too lazy to get out of bed.

2 a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxing 反义词 busy :

We spent lazy days relaxing on the beach.

— lazily 副词

— laziness 名词 [不可数名词]

THESAURUS

lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything : a lazy student | You make your own breakfast! Don’t be so lazy!

idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy : The beggars were too idle to look for work. | Her son was bone idle (= extremely lazy ) .

indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life : He spent an indolent first year at Oxford. | the indolent son of a wealthy landowner

shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life : her shiftless husband

work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work : He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.

slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity : Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’