| 单词 | lower |
| 释义 | lower lower1 —lowerable, adj. /loh"euhr/, v.t. 1. to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. 2. to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. 3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 4. to make less loud: Please lower your voice. 5. to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity: His bad actions lowered him in my eyes. 6. Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten. 7. Phonet. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate: The vowel of "clerk" is lowered to (ä) in the British pronunciation. v.i. 8. to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree: The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly. 9. to descend; sink: the sun lowering in the west. adj. 10. comparative of low1. 11. of or pertaining to those portions of a river farthest from the source. 12. (often cap.) Stratig. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian. n. 13. a denture for the lower jaw. 14. a lower berth. [1150-1200; ME, comp. of LOW1 (adj.)] Syn. 1. drop, depress. 3. decrease, diminish, lessen. 4. soften. 5. humiliate, dishonor, disgrace, debase. Ant. 3. raise, increase. 5. elevate, honor. lower2 /low"euhr, loweur/, v.i. 1. to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather. 2. to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood. n. 3. a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather. 4. a frown or scowl. Also, lour. [1250-1300; ME lour (n.), louren (v.) to frown, LURK; akin to G lauern, D loeren] Syn. 1. darken, threaten. |
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