| 单词 | to slow up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto slow up to slow up Originally U.S. extracted from slowv. 1. intransitive. To decrease in speed; to become less active, lively, or intense; to become slower. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > decrease speed slack1580 slow1594 slacken1734 to flag rein1848 steady1850 to slow down1857 to slow up1861 decelerate1928 downshift1974 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity swindOE wane1297 forslacka1300 keelc1325 deadc1384 abatea1387 flag1639 to go off1642 subsidea1645 slacken1651 flat1654 lower1699 relax1701 deaden1723 entame1768 sober1825 lighten1827 sletch1847 slow1849 languish1855 bate1860 to slow up1861 to slow down1879 1861 Monmouth Herald & Inquirer (Freehold, New Jersey) 15 Aug. The engineer slowed up and the cars came to a stand still directly abreast of the amateur flagman. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham ii. 46 He brought the mare down to a walk, and then slowed up almost to a stop. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 55 The lights dimmed down, the music slowed up. 1998 D. Coupland Girlfriend in Coma xxiii. 188 Nobody seems to be slowing up, even for a juicy rubberneck. 2001 Today's Pilot Feb. 73 Crimson Skies is a fairly power-hungry game, and can slow up on older machines when the action gets thick. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Dec. c12/3 His sexual appetite never slowed up. 2. transitive. To cause (something) to move or operate more slowly; to decrease (the speed or rate) of something; to make slower. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > reduce (speed) > cause to reduce speed check1393 slow1557 lag1570 slack1577 slacken1580 slug1605 trasha1616 overslow1619 beslowa1644 steady1812 to slow up1868 decelerate1899 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be slow in performing [verb (transitive)] > make slower slow1586 to slow up1868 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > cause to slow down slow1845 slower1849 to slow up1868 1868 Star of Valley (Newville, Pa.) 1 Feb. Being discovered by the engineer, the train was slowed up, and he [sc. the man riding on the cow-catcher] ordered to remove himself. 1879 Specif. & Drawings of Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 8 July 396/2 When it is desired to slow up the engine the valve n is closed to the necessary extent. 1932 Z. Fitzgerald Save Me Waltz in Coll. Writings (1991) 121 Her exhaustion slowed up her pulses to the tempo of her childhood. 1933 S. M. Stinchfield Speech Disorders i. 10 The child may be deaf, or some childhood illness may have slowed up his rate of development. 1998 Town & Country Planning 67 95/4 They..could use their fantastically wide brief to interfere with (or block or slow up) anything that stood in their way. < as lemmas |
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