单词 | slowie |
释义 | slowien. colloquial. 1. A person who is slow to react or to understand something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > one who phlegmatic?1541 drumble1568 log1579 phlegmatist1599 lethargy1634 mooner1842 slowie1901 Oblomov1903 walking dead1980 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow sloweOE tarrier1382 sluggard1398 slugc1425 slugger1539 lingerer1579 snaila1593 slowcoach1828 slowpoke1847 go-slow1858 slowie1901 slow boat to China1919 swiftie1945 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] mis-feelinga1382 noddyship?1589 shallow-pate1600 wattle-head1613 insensiblea1618 non-intelligent1628 underhead1643 no conjurer1668 insipid1699 shallow-brains1707 sillytonian1707 inane1710 coof1724 incapable1809 ganache1814 insipidity1822 wanwit1837 opacity1844 stupiditarian1850 scant-brain1864 insensate1877 slowie1901 no-brow1926 1901 Chicago Dry Goods Reporter 9 Mar. 17/1 Our association has..caused many 'slowies' to pay up. 1987 Sunday Times 11 Oct. 32/2 Only fast or slow bowlers have the remotest chance, the fast men because pace restricts improvisation, the slowies because they force batsmen to work for runs. 2013 @LekanAdio 24 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 1 Apr. 2020) Now I get it. I'm such a slowie with all these new phrases and trends. 2. A song or piece of music with a slow tempo, esp. one regarded as romantic or sentimental; a ballad. Also: a dance in which a couple move in coordination with each other to music of this type. Cf. slow dance n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > ballad ballad1458 sing-song1609 street ballad1694 balladling1798 song ballad1832 border balladc1863 come-all-ye1892 slowie1939 slow dance1989 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > slow or stately dance > [noun] measure?c1430 base dancea1475 pas grave1762 basse danse1789 slow dance1890 slowie2002 1939 Variety 4 Oct. 40/5 Once she goes for a slowie she becomes just another chanter. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land xx. 198 Nightclubs were gladiatorial—..[boys and girls] circling each other warily all night until the ten-to-two lunge for a slowie on the dancefloor, with a quickie in the car part afterwards. 2003 D. Nicholls Starter for Ten v. 44 The ironic, tongue-in-cheek slowies are beginning now,..but everyone's either too cool or too drunk to dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901 |
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