slowpoke

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Nicknames like Shorty, Clumsy, Crybaby, Slowpoke, Klutz, or Nerd can become daily reminders of incompetence. They can also become self-fulfilling prophecies.
像“小矮子、小傻瓜、小哭孩、呆子、笨笨、書呆子”之類的綽號會成爲(wèi)對無能的日常提醒，它們也有可能成爲(wèi)自我實現(xiàn)的預(yù)言。
That means big birds have to evolve different molting patterns to deal with their slowpoke feathers .
這意味著躰積大的鳥爲(wèi)了應(yīng)對自己老化的羽毛，必須進(jìn)化出不同的換羽方式。
Now passengers are looking for a way to move like a 18)slowpoke.
而如今，旅客們則是期望找到一種慢條斯理的前進(jìn)方式。

They calculated the birdy bandwidth by dividing data capacity by the length of the last pigeon's flight--a slowpoke at 3 hours, 51 minutes.
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He even tried the technique on dinosaurs, and came to the conclusion that Tyrannosaurus Rex--the favorite extinct monster of schoolboys everywhere--was a relative slowpoke.
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The real thrill of these little cars is the power--remember, they have the same weight but five times the horsepower of the slowpoke Skip Barber school's racing cars.
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If you call someone a slowpoke, you are criticizing the fact that they do something slowly.