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单词 slowie
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slowien.

Brit. /ˈsləʊi/, U.S. /ˈsloʊi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slow adj., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < slow adj. + -y suffix6.
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.
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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).
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