[xǐ zé qì huǎn, ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ, 喜则气缓 / 喜則氣緩] joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (traditional Chinese medicine) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a
sluggish man.
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2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
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3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
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Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath
no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward.
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And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
--Longfellow.
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4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
[R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.
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Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow;
dull; drowsy; inactive. See {Inert}.
[1913 Webster] -- {Slug"gish*ly}, adv. --
{Slug"gish*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sluggishness
n 1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
[syn: {lethargy}, {lassitude}, {sluggishness}]
2: the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the
sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the
compass in the Arctic cold"
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
{languor}, {lethargy}, {sluggishness}, {phlegm}, {flatness}]
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