| 单词 | slow |
| 释义 | slow (once / 32 pages) 1adjadvv 2adjadv 3adj 4adj WORD FAMILY slow: slowed, slower, slowest, slowing, slowly, slowness, slows+/slower: slowers/slowest: slowests USAGE EXAMPLESOver the weekend, a report showed that China’s manufacturing sector continued to expand in December, though at a slightly slower pace than the month before. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) A slow walk is about two MET, bicycling four MET, and jogging seven MET. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But the country is now facing the limits of that model amid slowing growth, toxic pollution and the shift of manufacturing work to less-developed nations. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time a slow walker the slow lane of traffic her steps were slow he was slow in reacting to the news slow but steady growth Syn|Ant bumper-to-bumper used of traffic dilatory, laggard, pokey, pokywasting time drawn-out(used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels lazymoving slowly and gently long-play, long-playing(used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records slow-movingmoving slowly sluggish, sulkymoving slowly gradualproceeding in small stages unhurriedrelaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly acceleratedspeeded up, as of an academic course alacritousquick and eager blistering, hot, red-hotvery fast; capable of quick response and great speed double-quick(of a marching cadence) very quick expresswithout unnecessary stops fast-breakingoccurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession fast-pacedof communication that proceeds rapidly fleet, swiftmoving very fast high-speed, high-velocityoperating at high speed hurrying, scurryingmoving with great haste immediate, prompt, quick, straightawayperformed with little or no delay instant, instantaneousoccurring with no delay meteoriclike a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience quick, speedyaccomplished rapidly and without delay rapiddone or occurring in a brief period of time rapid, speedycharacterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed smartquick and brisk wingedvery fast; as if with wings windyresembling the wind in speed, force, or variability suddenhappening without warning or in a short space of time hurriedmoving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste 2adj at a slow tempo the band played a slow waltz Syn|Ant adagio (of tempo) leisurely andante(of tempo) moderately slow lento(of tempo) slow lentissimo(of tempo) very slow largovery slow in tempo and broad in manner larghetto(of tempo) less slow and broad than largo larghissimo(of tempo) as slow and broad as possible moderato(of tempo) moderate fast at a rapid tempo allegro(of tempo) fast allegretto(of tempo) faster than allegro andantino(of tempo) moderately fast presto(of tempo) very fast prestissimo(of tempo) as fast as possible vivace(of tempo) very fast and lively 3adj (of business) not active or brisk Syn dull, sluggish inactive lacking activity; lying idle or unused 4adv without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') please go slow so I can see the sights Syn|Ant easy, slowly, tardily apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily with rapid movements 5v become slow or slower Production slowed Syn|Hyper slack, slacken, slow down, slow up weaken become weaker 6v lose velocity; move more slowly Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up move faster slow down, slow up cause to proceed more slowly delay, detain, hold upcause to be slowed down or delayed bog, bog downcause to slow down or get stuck clog, constipateimpede with a clog or as if with a clog stonewallengage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate catchdelay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned stalldeliberately delay an event or action buy timeact so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 7v cause to proceed more slowly 2The illness slowed him down Syn|Hypo|Hyper slow down, slow up bog, bog down cause to slow down or get stuck clog, constipateimpede with a clog or as if with a clog decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up lose velocity; move more slowly 1adj (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time the clock is slow Ant fast (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time 2adv of timepieces 3the clock is almost an hour slow Syn behind adj so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness 4Syn boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome uninteresting arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity worked with the slow students Syn dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
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