| 释义 |
slow[sləu]adj. 1 慢的,缓慢的:a slow train慢车a slow stream缓慢的溪流a slow march(军队、送葬行列等的)缓慢行进 2 耗时的,费事的 3 (时间上)慢了的;慢于…的,晚于…的(on):My watch is five minutes slow.我的表慢了五分钟.Washington is several hours slow on London.华盛顿时间比伦敦时间晚几个小时. 4 反应慢的;不灵巧的;迟钝的;笨的;不易激动的;不乐意的:a slow learner学得慢的人a slow imagination迟钝的想象力slow of speech嘴钝的,讷于言的be slow to wrath不轻易发怒a ship slow to answer the helm对船舵反应不灵敏的船a slow audience难以感动的观众He is absurdly slow in giving me an answer.他迟迟不给我回音,真不像话.slow in action行动缓慢slow at accounts不善于算账 5 (营业等)清淡的:a slow season淡季These articles were particularly slow.这些商品特别滞销. 6 (火、炉灶等)火力弱的:a slow fire文火 7 不精彩的;乏味的;死气沉沉的:a slow afternoon沉闷的下午 8 落后的;落后于时代的:a slow town落后的城镇 9 (道路等)使行人(或车辆等)走不快的;难行的:a slow track跑不快的松软跑道 10 作用慢的;慢性的:a slow poison慢性毒药a slow filter慢滤器 11 (照相机镜头)小孔径的,曝光慢的 12 (板球中)投球慢的
adv.缓慢地;慢慢地(一般用在go,run,speak,read,burn或how等之后):My watch goes slow.我的表经常慢.Read slower.读得慢一些.How slow the time passes!时间过得多慢呀!
vt.使缓慢;使(市场等)变得呆滞(up,down):slow up(或down) a motorcar放慢汽车速度
vi.放慢速度(up,down):Slow up(或down) before you reach the crossroads.快开到十字路口时(车子)要减速. |