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单词 low-slung
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Definition of low-slung in English:

low-slung

adjective
  • 1Lower in height or closer to the ground than usual.

    a low-slung Mercedes with blacked-out windows
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rooms are typical of boutique hotels in that they specialise in bright colours and modern designs - for example, the TV is perched in a box on the edge of a low-slung bed, and the stylish bathroom sink has a fountain-style tap.
    • The trees are low-slung, with vines hanging to the ground.
    • Among her stops was a low-slung cement building in northeast Paterson.
    • The other car deserving of respect was a nice, little, low-slung Triumph Spitfire - I secretly envied the acceleration.
    • When I clicked on the light in the smallest room, one of our inch-long guests, as if resting on the wrong side of a hammock, was hanging upside down on a very low-slung web between the wall and the base of the toilet.
    • They are generally low-slung and squat in their dimensions, with non-fussy angles and sparse external decoration.
    • The farm consists of two main buildings - the farmhouse, which dates from the 15th century and is a half-timbered, low-slung gabled building, and a huge barn flanking it.
    • Outside the low-slung industrial buildings where he works in North Kent, the air is sharp with the tang of metal and engine oil and sooty railway track.
    • Beside the low-slung chairs there is a machine that makes real coffee with real water, and below that a glass-fronted fridge well-stocked with chilled drinks.
    • He insisted on a high seat and a low-slung drum-kit so he could share in fame's glow.
    • He has the low-slung centre of gravity that most of the greatest players shared.
    • In my case, I unload my satchel and my gunbelt and arrange selected contents on the room's low-slung dresser.
    • The garage is underlit, with a low-slung ceiling and construction that evinces the massive weight first of the cement slabwork and then of the floors and earth above.
    • A corner I've passed daily for five years by the office used to hold a low-slung 50s office building, and I sighed when it was demolished: oh, great, another parking lot.
    • Preference for the low-slung sports coupe with soft-top, the stretch limousine with a uniformed chauffeur, a station wagon or a utility vehicle with four-wheel drive can tell a lot about the owner and his or her passion in life.
    • They have innumerable beautiful, barefoot children, live in low-slung, thatched, whitewashed cottages, and their climate is often cool, damp and misty.
    • It was frustrating stuff but the low-slung driving position plus the machine's direct steering, non-existent suspension and clutchless acceleration is a recipe for maximum thrills.
    • Most likely, an American will visualize a long low-slung cargo vessel situated on a river or the Great Lakes, dirty and loaded with coal or iron ore.
    • Passengers can struggle to get in and out of such low-slung cars and the seats are often the first things to suffer as a result.
    • We bought a low-slung wooden chair to put in the back of our truck - an investment of £1.50 that gave our backsides a little respite on the bumpy roads.
  • 2(of clothes, especially trousers) cut to fit low on the hips rather than the waist.

    a pair of low-slung jeans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I like good bottom coverage, low-slung at the hips.
    • Brightly colored pagers show on the waists of their low-slung jeans.
    • She'd taken to wearing a low-slung leather skirt with a single flap at the front and a pair at the rear, her pouch obvious above it.
    • Now, on a filthy rich supermodel the low-slung jean probably looks quite good.
    • The woman's back and arms (but, oddly, not her low-slung dress) are striped with shadows and light.
    • With crop tops, hip-hugger jeans and low-slung skirts in style, all arrows point to our abs.
    • She was wearing a low-cut, red shirt with a pair of low-slung bleached jeans.
    • He was coming out of the back rooms wearing a very tight, black sleeveless t-shirt that showed off his muscular arms and tattoos and low-slung, lanky jeans.
    • On the other hand, it is true to say that some of this year's fashions, like low-slung jeans, only suit people who are thin.
    • More apt for the city were low-slung trousers with a slight flare in white or brown corduroy.
    • The erotically low-slung pants were crunched over tough black boots.
    • Clothes were low-slung trousers with tight tops showing a slice of flat, lean stomach and tight slim hips.
    • A school in Avezzano, central Italy, asked students to stop wearing low-slung trousers that expose navels, underwear, and sometimes much more.
    • Repeatedly, they unconsciously checked that the writing on their knickers was clearly visible above the low-slung waistlines of their denim skirts.
    • Rather than more low-slung, snug-fitting pants, designers will have to serve up loose, flowing pants - perhaps even with elastic waistbands.
    • In their low-slung jeans, tracksuits and gold chains, the group mirrors the legions of teens who populate South Lakeland's street corners.
    • The skirt of the moment is low-slung, knee-length, and fashioned from a hacked-off pair of old jeans.
    • So for a moment, I'm tempted to repeat this procedure with the boy in the low-slung trousers and the bandana, and then I notice that he's bigger than me, and I'd end up looking like a loony.
    • From the two-tone, low-slung pants to the white tuxedo shirt with black lace columns down the front (which wasn't the least bit feminine, mark you), she hit all the right notes.
    • Those who wear low-slung jeans probably wouldn't choose tight-fitting snowboarding pants.
 
 

Definition of low-slung in US English:

low-slung

adjective
  • 1Lower in height or closer to the ground than usual.

    a low-slung Mercedes with blacked-out windows
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They have innumerable beautiful, barefoot children, live in low-slung, thatched, whitewashed cottages, and their climate is often cool, damp and misty.
    • When I clicked on the light in the smallest room, one of our inch-long guests, as if resting on the wrong side of a hammock, was hanging upside down on a very low-slung web between the wall and the base of the toilet.
    • The trees are low-slung, with vines hanging to the ground.
    • Most likely, an American will visualize a long low-slung cargo vessel situated on a river or the Great Lakes, dirty and loaded with coal or iron ore.
    • The farm consists of two main buildings - the farmhouse, which dates from the 15th century and is a half-timbered, low-slung gabled building, and a huge barn flanking it.
    • The other car deserving of respect was a nice, little, low-slung Triumph Spitfire - I secretly envied the acceleration.
    • Among her stops was a low-slung cement building in northeast Paterson.
    • They are generally low-slung and squat in their dimensions, with non-fussy angles and sparse external decoration.
    • Preference for the low-slung sports coupe with soft-top, the stretch limousine with a uniformed chauffeur, a station wagon or a utility vehicle with four-wheel drive can tell a lot about the owner and his or her passion in life.
    • It was frustrating stuff but the low-slung driving position plus the machine's direct steering, non-existent suspension and clutchless acceleration is a recipe for maximum thrills.
    • Outside the low-slung industrial buildings where he works in North Kent, the air is sharp with the tang of metal and engine oil and sooty railway track.
    • Passengers can struggle to get in and out of such low-slung cars and the seats are often the first things to suffer as a result.
    • He insisted on a high seat and a low-slung drum-kit so he could share in fame's glow.
    • We bought a low-slung wooden chair to put in the back of our truck - an investment of £1.50 that gave our backsides a little respite on the bumpy roads.
    • A corner I've passed daily for five years by the office used to hold a low-slung 50s office building, and I sighed when it was demolished: oh, great, another parking lot.
    • The garage is underlit, with a low-slung ceiling and construction that evinces the massive weight first of the cement slabwork and then of the floors and earth above.
    • Beside the low-slung chairs there is a machine that makes real coffee with real water, and below that a glass-fronted fridge well-stocked with chilled drinks.
    • In my case, I unload my satchel and my gunbelt and arrange selected contents on the room's low-slung dresser.
    • The rooms are typical of boutique hotels in that they specialise in bright colours and modern designs - for example, the TV is perched in a box on the edge of a low-slung bed, and the stylish bathroom sink has a fountain-style tap.
    • He has the low-slung centre of gravity that most of the greatest players shared.
  • 2(of clothes, especially pants) cut to fit low on the hips rather than the waist.

    a pair of low-slung jeans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The skirt of the moment is low-slung, knee-length, and fashioned from a hacked-off pair of old jeans.
    • She was wearing a low-cut, red shirt with a pair of low-slung bleached jeans.
    • So for a moment, I'm tempted to repeat this procedure with the boy in the low-slung trousers and the bandana, and then I notice that he's bigger than me, and I'd end up looking like a loony.
    • On the other hand, it is true to say that some of this year's fashions, like low-slung jeans, only suit people who are thin.
    • I like good bottom coverage, low-slung at the hips.
    • More apt for the city were low-slung trousers with a slight flare in white or brown corduroy.
    • Those who wear low-slung jeans probably wouldn't choose tight-fitting snowboarding pants.
    • He was coming out of the back rooms wearing a very tight, black sleeveless t-shirt that showed off his muscular arms and tattoos and low-slung, lanky jeans.
    • From the two-tone, low-slung pants to the white tuxedo shirt with black lace columns down the front (which wasn't the least bit feminine, mark you), she hit all the right notes.
    • Brightly colored pagers show on the waists of their low-slung jeans.
    • With crop tops, hip-hugger jeans and low-slung skirts in style, all arrows point to our abs.
    • The erotically low-slung pants were crunched over tough black boots.
    • Now, on a filthy rich supermodel the low-slung jean probably looks quite good.
    • In their low-slung jeans, tracksuits and gold chains, the group mirrors the legions of teens who populate South Lakeland's street corners.
    • Rather than more low-slung, snug-fitting pants, designers will have to serve up loose, flowing pants - perhaps even with elastic waistbands.
    • The woman's back and arms (but, oddly, not her low-slung dress) are striped with shadows and light.
    • Repeatedly, they unconsciously checked that the writing on their knickers was clearly visible above the low-slung waistlines of their denim skirts.
    • Clothes were low-slung trousers with tight tops showing a slice of flat, lean stomach and tight slim hips.
    • A school in Avezzano, central Italy, asked students to stop wearing low-slung trousers that expose navels, underwear, and sometimes much more.
    • She'd taken to wearing a low-slung leather skirt with a single flap at the front and a pair at the rear, her pouch obvious above it.
 
 
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