lazy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lazy [lazy lazier laziest] BrE [ˈleɪzi] NAmE [ˈleɪzi] adjective (lazi·er, lazi·est)
1. (disapproving)unwilling to work or be active; doing as little as possible
Syn: ↑idle
• He was not stupid, just lazy.
• I was feeling too lazy to go out.
2. not involving much energy or activity; slow and relaxed
• We spent a lazy day on the beach.
3. (disapproving)showing a lack of effort or care
•a lazy piece of work
4. (literary)moving slowly
Syn: ↑torpid
•the lazy river
Derived Words: ↑lazily ▪ ↑laziness

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German lasich ‘languid, idle’.

Thesaurus:
lazy adj.
1.
•I was feeling too lazy to go out.
idle • |formal indolent • • slothful •
2.
•We spent a lazy day at the beach.
leisurely • • unhurried • • easy • |written languid •
Opp: busy, Opp: active
a/an lazy/leisurely/unhurried way
a/an lazy/leisurely/easy day/morning/afternoon/time

Example Bank:
•He's just plain lazy.
•His smile was slow, almost lazy.
•Most of us are intellectually lazy about large areas of the world around us.
•We thought we were winning, so we got lazy.
•She smiled a lazy smile.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  faineant, indolent, otiose, slothful, work-shy