lowering

FREQ #18096

a. 皱眉的, 愠怒的, 昏暗的

发音

US /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
UK /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
US /ˈloʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
UK /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
US /ˈloʊ.ɹɪŋ/

词形变化

lowerings 复数 more lowering 比较级 most lowering 最高级

别名

louring

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of something being lowered.

  2. 2.

    A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes lower.

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  3. 1.

    Alternative form of louring.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of lower

adj.
  1. 1.

    Dark and menacing.

  2. 2.

    That lowers or frowns.

  3. 3.

    Lurking, skulking, menacing.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

movement reduction decrease diminution stepdown

下位词 1

tapering
形容词

同义词 3

heavy threatening sullen

近义相关 1

cloudy

相关短语

lowering one's sights lowering the bar lowering one's guard lowering the boom lower the boom [法] 采取严厉措施, 禁止 lower one's guard 麻痹大意 lower the bar lower one's sights

词源

c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.

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