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单词 alow
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Definition of alow in English:

alow

adverb əˈləʊəˈloʊ
dialect, archaic
  • 1Below; downwards.

    cries came from alow and aloft
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stained and morning-breathèd, we woke in Atocha, to puissant concussions alow the ground.
    • He then draws it alow; twofold is the reason why he must draw it alow.
    Synonyms
    melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness
    1. 1.1Nautical On or near the deck of a ship.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then, with all her sails, light and heavy, and studding sails on each side, alow and aloft, she is the most glorious moving object in the world.
      • Meanwhile, if you don't mind, I'd like to go alow and rest down in your cabin.

Origin

Late Middle English: from a-2 'on' + low1.

Rhymes

aglow, ago, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou
 
 

Definition of alow in US English:

alow

adverbəˈlōəˈloʊ
dialect, archaic
  • 1Below; downward.

    cries came from alow and aloft
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stained and morning-breathèd, we woke in Atocha, to puissant concussions alow the ground.
    • He then draws it alow; twofold is the reason why he must draw it alow.
    Synonyms
    melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness
    1. 1.1Nautical In or into the lower part of a ship, e.g., down from the rigging, or below deck.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then, with all her sails, light and heavy, and studding sails on each side, alow and aloft, she is the most glorious moving object in the world.
      • Meanwhile, if you don't mind, I'd like to go alow and rest down in your cabin.

Origin

Late Middle English: from a- ‘on’ + low.

 
 
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