low是什么意思_low怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension;"low ceilings"
"low clouds"
"low hills"
"the sun is low"
"low furniture"
"a low bow"

very low in volume;"a low murmur"
"the low-toned murmur of the surf"

unrefined in character;"low comedy"

used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

of the most contemptible kind;"abject cowardice"
"a low stunt to pull"
"a low-down sneak"
"his miserable treatment of his family"
"You miserable skunk!"
"a scummy rabble"
"a scurvy trick"

low or inferior in station or quality;"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"

no longer sufficient;"supplies are low"
"our funds are depleted"

subdued or brought low in condition or status;"brought low"
"a broken man"
"his broken spirit"

filled with melancholy and despondency ;"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
"a gloomy silence"
"took a grim view of the economy"
"the darkening mood"
"lonely and blue in a strange city"
"depressed by the loss of his job"
"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
"downcast after his defeat"
"feeling discouraged and downhearted"

Adverb:

in a low position; near the ground;"the branches hung low"

Verb:

make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

中英词源

low 低的

来自PIE*legh,躺下，放置，词源同lie,lay.引申词义低的。

low 牛哞哞叫

拟声词，牛叫声。比较cow.

low: low: English has two words low, of which surprisingly the ‘noise made by cattle’ [OE] is the older. It goes back ultimately to the onomatopoeic Indo-European base *klā-. This also produced Latin clārus (which originally meant ‘loud’, and gave English clear and declare), clāmāre ‘cry out’ (source of English acclaim, claim, exclaim, etc), and calāre ‘proclaim, summon’ (source of English council).

It produced a prehistoric Germanic *khlō-, whose only survivor other than English low is Dutch loeien. Low ‘not high’ [12] was borrowed from Old Norse lágr (source also of Swedish låg ‘low’). This goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *lǣgjaz, which was derived from the same base as produced the English verb lie ‘recline’.
=> acclaim, claim, clear, council, exclaim; lie
low (adj.): "not high," late 13c., from lah (late 12c.), "not rising much, being near the base or ground" (of objects or persons); "lying on the ground or in a deep place" (late 13c.), from Old Norse lagr "low," or a similar Scandinavian source (compare Swedish låg, Danish lav), from Proto-Germanic *lega- "lying flat, low" (cognates: Old Frisian lech, Middle Dutch lage, Dutch laag "low," dialectal German läge "flat"), from PIE *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).

Meaning "humble in rank" is from c. 1200; "undignified" is from 1550s; sense of "dejected, dispirited" is attested from 1737; meaning "coarse, vulgar" is from 1759. In reference to sounds, "not loud," also "having a deep pitch," it is attested from c. 1300. Of prices, from c. 1400. In geographical usage, low refers to the part of a country near the sea-shore (c. 1300, as in Low Countries "Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg," 1540s). As an adverb c. 1200, from the adjective.
low (v.): Old English hlowan "make a noise like a cow," from Proto-Germanic *khlo- (cognates: Middle Dutch loeyen, Dutch loeien, Old Low Franconian luon, Old High German hluojen), from imitative PIE root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)).
low (n.1): sound made by cows, 1540s, from low (v.).
low (adv.): early 13c., from low (adj.). Of voices or sounds, from c. 1300.
low (n.2): "hill," obsolete except in place names, Old English hlaw "hill, mound," especially "barrow," related to hleonian "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Compare Latin clivus "hill" from the same PIE root.

词态变化

复数 lows;
第三人称单数 lows;
过去式 lowed;
过去分词 lowed;
现在分词 lowing;
比较级 lower;
最高级 lowest;
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权威造句

1. Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.: 放射性水平低的固体废料将做地下深埋处理。

2. Doctor believed that his low sperm count was the problem.: 医生认为他的精子数太低是问题所在。

3. With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.: 伴随着隆隆的低沉噪声，螺旋桨开始旋转起来。

4. We"re a bit low on bed linen. You"ll have to make do.: 我们的床单有些次，您将就着用吧。

5. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.: 艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。

近反义词

adj.

depressed

little deep

short

small

sunken

相似短语

as low as 低到

low permeability,low perviousness 低透水性

at low ebb adv.衰退

cattle low 牛叫

sing low 说话谦虚,说话有分寸

Low Graphics 低分辨率图形

low tide n. 低潮

low water n. 低潮,低水位

cutoff low 切断低压

fluid low 液体不足

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