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单词 slowing
释义

slow /slō/

adjective
  1. Not fast, not quick
  2. Late
  3. Behind in time
  4. Not hasty
  5. Not ready
  6. Not progressive
  7. Boring
  8. (of wit and intellect) dull
  9. (of a road lane) for slow-moving traffic
  10. (of business) slack
  11. (of a cooker, etc) heating gently, cooking slowly
  12. Lessening the speed of the ball, players, etc (sport)
  13. Acting, etc slowly
  14. (of photographic film) comparatively less sensitive to light
noun

Anything that is slow

adverb (or in compounds)

Slowly

transitive verb

To delay, retard, or reduce the speed of

intransitive verb

To reduce speed

ORIGIN: OE slāw; Du slee, ON sljōr

slowˈing noun

A lessening of speed

slowˈish adjective

slowˈly adverb

slowˈness noun

slowˈback noun (obsolete)

A lazy person

slow burn noun

A slow or delayed but finally strong response, reaction, etc

slowˈ-burn adjective

slowˈcoach noun

  1. A person who works, moves, etc slowly and who lags behind
  2. A slow or sluggish person

slow cooker noun

An electric casserole dish that cooks at very low power over a long period

slowˈdown see slow down below.

slow food noun

(a movement promoting the use of) locally produced, carefully prepared food

slowˈ-footed adjective

Moving with a slow pace

slowˈ-gaited adjective (Shakespeare)

Accustomed to walk slowly

slow handclap see under hand

slow march noun

A march at a slow pace

slowˈ-march intransitive verb

slow match noun

A slowly burning rope for firing explosives

slow motion noun

A technique in cinema, television, etc for showing motion more slowly than it actually occurs

slow-moˈtion adjective

Happening or appearing to happen in slow motion

slow-movˈing adjective

slow neutron same as thermal neutron (see under thermal).

slowˈ-paced adjective

slowˈpoke noun (esp N American)

An irritatingly slow person, a slowcoach

slow-releaseˈ adjective

(of a medicinal capsule, fertilizer, etc) releasing its active ingredient little by little over a period of time

slow-sightˈed adjective

slow track noun

A course of action involving slow progress

slow virus noun

A transmissible agent which may take years to induce symptoms

go slow and go-slow see under go1

slow down or up

To go more slowly (slowˈdown and slowˈ-up noun)

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