lower是什么意思_lower怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

lower (v.1): c. 1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c. 1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn, c. 1200) was in use into the 18c.
lower (v.2): "to look dark and threatening," also lour, Middle English louren, luren "to frown" (early 13c.), "to lurk" (mid-15c.), from Old English *luran or from its cognates, Middle Low German luren, Middle Dutch loeren "lie in wait." Form perhaps assimilated to lower (1). Related: Lowered; lowering.
lower (adj.): c. 1200, lahre, comparative of lah (see low (adj.)).

词态变化

第三人称单数 lowers;
过去式 lowered;
过去分词 lowered;
现在分词 lowering;

2. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.: 冷水中生物的基础代谢速度要低很多。

3. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.: 各公司正在把工作岗位转移至生活费用较低的城镇。

4. He comes from a completely uncultured, lower middle-class family.: 他来自中下阶层一个根本没什么文化的家庭。

5. Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers.: 很多企业通过雇用薪金低廉的兼职工人来减少开支。

adj.

inferior

lowly

lower tweendeck 下部甲板间

lower powered 低功率的

the lower extremities 上肢

lower the flag v. 降旗表示投降

eversion of lower lip 下唇外翻

extreme lower position 最低位置

left lower quadrant 左下象限

irregular lower 曲折下降

heater lower cover 加热器下盖

lower acid 低级酸

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