单词 | lower |
释义 | lower1/ˈləʊə / comparative of low1. adjective 1Less high in position: the lower levels of the building...
Synonyms bottom, bottommost, under, underneath, further down, beneath, nether 1.1Less high in status or amount: managers lower down the hierarchy lower costs will encourage people to buy Synonyms subordinate, inferior, lesser, junior, minor, secondary, lower-level, lower-grade, subsidiary, ancillary, second-fiddle, subservient; second-class, second-rate cheaper, reduced, decreased, lessened, curtailed, pruned, cut, slashed 1.2(Of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics. 1.3 (often Lower) Geology & Archaeology Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited: Lower Cretaceous Lower Palaeolithic 1.4 [in place names] Situated to the south: the union of Upper and Lower Egypt adverb In or into a lower position: the sun sank lower Derivativeslowermost
Rhymeslower2/ˈləʊə /verb [with object] 1Move (someone or something) in a downward direction: he watched the coffin being lowered into the ground...
Synonyms move down, let down, take down, haul down, drop, let fall, let sink 1.1Make or become less in amount, intensity, or degree: [with object]: traffic speeds must be lowered she lowered her voice to a whisper [no object]: temperatures lowered...
Synonyms soften, modulate, quieten, hush, tone down, muffle, turn down, mute reduce, decrease, lessen, bring down, diminish, curtail, prune, pare (down), ease up on, cause to fall, slim down, mark down, cut, slash, axe subside, fall (off), recede, ebb, wane; abate, die down, let up, moderate, diminish, lessen 1.2 (lower oneself) Behave in a way that is perceived as unworthy or debased: he must really love her to be able to lower himself to this...
Synonyms degrade, debase, demean, abase, humble, humiliate, downgrade, discredit, shame, dishonour, disgrace; belittle, cheapen, devalue; (lower oneself) condescend, deign, stoop, sink, descend, vouchsafe Phraseslower the boom on lower the tone lower3/ˈləʊə /verb & noun Variant spelling of lour. |
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