英[sləʊ]美[sloʊ]
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词源词根法
来自中古英语slow,来自古英语slaw,懒散的,无精打采的,缓慢的,来自Proto-Germanic*slaiwaz,没精神的,虚弱的,来自PIE*sleu,没精神的,虚弱的,没精打采的,词源同slack,sluggard.引申诸相关词义。
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)adverb(副词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)adverb(副词)
小知识
Slow things don't move fast, but take a while to get where they're going or do what they're doing. Traveling on a slow train might be fun, but you'll get to California faster on a plane.
If it takes you a long time to finish a book, you're a slow reader, and if it takes years to become fluent in a foreign language, you can call it a slow process. Slow music is relaxing, with a leisurely beat. Sometimes slow means “boring or dull,” like a slow movie plot, or “running behind,” like the slow clock on the wall in your math class. As a verb, slow means “to reduce speed or intensity.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
slow,delay,detain,retard,slacken
这组词都可表示“使某人(事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:
delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达;
detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情;
retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度;
slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性;
slacken侧重某种松弛(懈〕。
例如:
I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。
Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。
His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。
Don?t slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。
这组词都可表示“使某人(事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:
delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达;
detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情;
retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度;
slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性;
slacken侧重某种松弛(懈〕。
例如:
I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。
Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。
His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。
Don?t slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。
单词解说
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。
同根单词
slowly adv.慢慢地