slow

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a. 慢的, 缓慢的, 迟缓的, 迟钝的, 冷漠的, 落后的 adv. 慢地, 迟缓地 v. (使)慢下来

发音

UK /sləʊ/
其它 /slaː/
US /sloʊ/

词形变化

slows 复数 slowed sloweth slowing slown slows 三单 slows slowing 现在分词 slowed 过去式 slowed 过去分词 slower 比较级 slower slowest slowest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

(Slow)人名；(英)斯洛

动词

变慢；变萧条

形容词

慢的；减速的；迟钝的

not moving, being done, or happening quickly

副词

慢慢地；迟缓地

In informal English, slower is used to mean "at a slower speed" and slowest is used to mean "at the slowest speed." In nonstandard English, slow is used to mean "with little speed."

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

  2. 2.

    A slow song.

    音乐
v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

    及物

    slow the process

  2. 2.

    To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.

    及物

    slow the traffic

  3. 3.

    To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

    不及物
adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

    慢

    a slow train; a slow computer

    Turkey should always be cooked in a slow oven.

  2. 2.

    Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

  3. 3.

    Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

    贬义 非正式
  4. 4.

    Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.

  5. 5.

    Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.

    That clock is slow.

  6. 6.

    Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

  7. 7.

    Not busy; lacking activity.

    It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.

    I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.

adv. B1
  1. 1.

    Slowly.

    That clock is running slow.

    I want to dance with you nice and slow.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

slack retard slacken slow down slow up decelerate

上位词 9

fall retard weaken decrease diminish lessen slow down slow up decelerate

下位词 9

delay detain bog clog hold up slow down slow up bog down constipate
形容词

同义词 10

dumb boring dull dense dim tedious tiresome sluggish obtuse wearisome

反义词 1

fast

近义相关 10

stupid lazy largo sluggish pokey inactive uninteresting sulky adagio drawn-out

参见 2

gradual unhurried
副词

同义词 4

easy behind slowly tardily

相关短语

slow down (使)慢下来 slow up (使)慢下来 slow motion 慢动作 slow food 慢食运动（宣扬传统有机栽种法及强调美酒与美食鉴赏的农业运动或美食运动。） 慢食（快餐 fast food 的相反词） slow ball slow bowler slow cooker 电焖烧锅；电炖锅 slow cookers slow match 缓燃引信 slow oven slow as molasses in January slow as molasses slow as a snail slow burn 慢慢来火,逐渐生气

词源

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”). Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), West Frisian sleau (“slow, dull, lazy”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).

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