单词 | low-paid |
释义 | low1 /lō/adjective (lower /lōˈər/; lowest /lōˈist/ or lowˈermost)
ORIGIN: ON lāgr, Du laag low; related to OE licgan to lie lowˈer transitive verb
To become lower or less noun (Scot)(an examination at) the lower grade (qv below) lowˈering noun The act of bringing low, reducing or letting down adjective
lowˈermost adjective Lowest lowˈish adjective lowˈlihead noun (archaic) Humility lowˈlily /-li-li/ adverb lowˈliness noun lowˈly adjective
In a low manner lowˈness noun low-alˈcohol adjective (of a drink) containing less alcohol by volume than is standard lowˈballing noun (informal) The business practice of tendering an unrealistically low price in order to secure a contract lowˈ-born adjective Of humble birth lowˈboy noun
lowˈ-bred adjective
lowˈbrow noun and adjective (a person who is) not intellectual or having no pretensions to intellect lowˈ-calˈ or loˈ-calˈ adjective (informal) Low in calories Low Church adjective Of a party within the Church of England setting little value on sacerdotal claims, ecclesiastical constitutions, ordinances and forms, holding evangelical views of theology, opp to High Church Low-Churchˈism noun Low-Churchˈman noun low comedy noun Comedy of farcical situation, slapstick or low life lowˈ-costˈ adjective Cheap lowˈ-country adjective Lowland (the Low Countries Holland and Belgium) low-cutˈ adjective (of a garment) with a low neck-line, revealing much of the chest lowˈ-down adjective (informal)
noun (informal) Information, esp of a confidential or damaging nature low-downˈer noun (obsolete US) A poor white person Low Dutch noun (obsolete) Low German including Dutch lowˈer-brackˈet adjective In a low grouping in a list lowˈer-case adjective (printing) Small as distinguished from capital, orig because kept in a lower case lower chamber see lower house below. lowˈer-class adjective Relating to people of low social class lower criticism see under critic lower deck noun
lowˈer-deck adjective Of or relating to the lower deck lower grade noun
lower house or lower chamber noun The larger, more representative, of two legislative chambers lower regions plural noun Hades, hell lowest common denominator, least common denominator, lowest common multiple or least common multiple see under denominate and multiple respectively. low-fatˈ adjective Containing only a small proportion of fat low frequency, low-gear, Low German see under frequent, gear and German respectively. low-hanging fruit noun (informal) Something that can be easily acquired or achieved lowˈ-keyˈ adjective
lowˈland noun Land low in relation to higher land (also adjective) lowˈlander noun (also with cap) a native of lowlands, esp the Lowlands of Scotland Low Latin see under Latin low-level language noun A computer-programming language using easily remembered words or letters, each instruction translating into one machine code instruction (cf high-level language) low level waste noun (nuclear eng) Radioactive waste which, because of its low activity, does not require shielding during normal handling or transport low life noun
lowˈ-life adjective lowˈ-lifer noun lowˈlight noun
lowˈ-lived /-livd/ adjective
lowˈ-loader noun A low trailer or wagon without sides, used for very heavy loads Low Mass noun Mass celebrated without music and incense lowˈ-mindˈed adjective
lowˈ-mindˈedness noun lowˈ-necked adjective (of a dress, blouse, etc) cut low in the neck and away from the shoulders, décolleté low-noise converter noun (TV) An aerial component that receives, magnifies and transmits by wire a satellite signal lowˈ-paidˈ adjective (of a worker) receiving or (of a job) rewarded by low wages lowˈ-pitched adjective
lowˈ-pressˈure adjective
low profile noun A manner or attitude revealing very little of one's feelings, intentions, activities, etc low-proˈfile adjective
low relief same as bas-relief lowˈ-rent adjective
lowˈ-rise adjective (of buildings) having only a few storeys, opp to high-rise noun A building of this kind low side window noun A narrow window (or lower part of a window) near the ground, sometimes found in old churches, esp in the chancel lowˈ-slungˈ adjective
lowˈ-spirˈited adjective
lowˈ-spirˈitedness noun Low Sunday noun The first Sunday after Easter, so called in contrast to the great festival whose octave it ends lowˈ-tarˈ adjective (of cigarettes) made of tobacco with a low tar content low technology or low tech noun Simple, unsophisticated technology used in the production of basic commodities (also (with hyphen or loˈ-tech) adjective) low-temperature physics singular noun The study of physical phenomena at temperatures near absolute zero lowˈ-tenˈsion adjective Using, generating or operating at a low voltage lowˈ-thoughtˈed adjective (Milton) Having the thoughts directed to base or vulgar pursuits low tide or low water noun The lowest point of the ebbing tide low toby see under toby Lowveld /lōˈfelt or -velt/ noun (also without cap) the lower altitude areas of the eastern Transvaal in South Africa lowˈ-watˈer mark noun
low wines plural noun The weak spirit produced from the first distillation of substances containing alcohol an all-time low The lowest recorded level in low water Short of money lay low To overthrow, fell or kill lie low see under lie2 the lowest of the low The most contemptible person or people |
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