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slow

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [sləʊ]
  • 美式音标 [sloʊ]
  • 国际音标 [sləu]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 慢的；减速的；迟钝的
  • vi. 变慢；变萧条
  • vt. 放慢；阻碍
  • adv. 慢慢地；迟缓地
  • n. (Slow)人名；(英)斯洛

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的slaw，意为不积极的。

词根记忆

  • 大风狂吹(blow)，减速慢行(slow)

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    slower：较慢的；慢一点的（slow的比较级）。
  • adv性质的同根词
    slowly：缓慢地，慢慢地。
  • n性质的同根词
    slowness：缓慢；迟钝。
  • v性质的同根词
    slower：减慢。

用法辨析

    adj. (形容词)

  • slow的基本意思是“慢的”,主要指“速度慢”; 指时间时,表示比正确时间晚; 指人时,表示智力差、反应迟钝,学习上进步不快; 指商业时,表示营业呆滞; slow也可作“不乐意,不起劲”解,还可作“表面能降低运动速度的”解。
  • slow可作定语或表语,用作表语时其后可接动词不定式、介词短语或that从句; slow也可以用作宾语补足语。
  • slow前可用rather, too等来修饰。

    • adv. (副词)

  • slow用作副词时,常用来修饰动词。

    • v. (动词)

  • slow用作形容词或副词的意思是“慢”,用作动词时意思是“(使)变慢”,指由于外界原因使汽车等速度变慢。引申可指逐渐地掌握一门技术。
  • slow既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。
  • slow可接副词up〔down〕表示“(使)慢下来”。

英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • He caught the slow train to Birmingham.
    他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • Why are you so slow?Hurry up!
    你为什么这么慢?快一点!

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • They were very slow about paying me.
    他们给我付款拖拖拉拉。

    • S+be+～+to- v

  • He was slow to answer, deliberating on each question.
    他仔细斟酌每一个问题,不急于回答。

    • S+be+～+that-clause

  • He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded.
    他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下。

    • 用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～

  • Heavy traffic made our journey very slow.
    繁忙的交通使我们的旅行十分费时。

    • 用作副词 (adv.)

    用作状语

  • Drive slow!
    驾车慢行!

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • The river slows on the flat bottom.
    河水在平坦的河床上减慢了流速。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • His illness slowed him at school.
    他的病耽误了他的学业。

词组短语

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    ～+名词

  • slow afternoon 沉闷的下午
  • slow child 反应慢的孩子
  • slow erosion 缓慢的侵蚀
  • slow journey 缓慢旅行
  • slow learner 迟钝的学习者

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (NOT FAST) moving, happening, or doing something without much speed
  • (NOT EXCITING) used to describe a film, book, play, etc. that does not have much excitement and action
  • (NOT CLEVER) A person might be described as slow if they are not very clever and do not understand or notice things quickly.
  • (TIME) If a clock or watch is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the real time.
  • to reduce speed or activity, or to make something do this
  • at a slow speed

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Something that is slow moves, happens, or is done without much speed.
  • slowly
  • In informal English, slower is used to mean "at a slower speed" and slowest is used to mean "at the slowest speed." In nonstandard English, slow is used to mean "with little speed."
  • Something that is slow takes a long time.
  • slowly
  • If someone is slow to do something, they do it after a delay.
  • If something slows or if you slow it, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
  • Someone who is slow is not very clever and takes a long time to understand things.
  • If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting.
  • If a clock or watch is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the correct time.
  • slowly but surely&rarrsee surely

专业释义

    文学

  • 慢

    Since 1990s, the Qinghai official pavilion area Tu national minority’s marriage along with society’s vicissitude, has occurred more or less, either quick or slow change, simultaneously alsohad like this or such problem.
    自20世纪90年代以来,青海官亭地区土族的婚姻随着社会的变迁,发生了或多或少,或快或慢的变化,同时也出现了这样或那样的问题。

    交通运输工程

  • 缓慢的
  • 慢驶

    • 电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 慢的