英汉词典

low 基本解释

• adj. 低的，浅的；卑贱的；粗俗的；消沉的
• adv. 低声地；谦卑地，低下地
• n. 低；低价；低点；牛叫声
• vi. 牛叫
• n. (Low)人名；(英、德)洛

low 词态变化

low 中文词源

来自PIE*legh,躺下，放置，词源同lie,lay.引申词义低的。

拟声词，牛叫声。比较cow.

low 英文词源

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.

low 词组搭配

low 英文释义

1. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

2. a low level or position or degree;

"the stock market fell to a new low"

3. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

low 同义词解析

low, mean, cheap, shabby

这些形容词均有"卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的"之意。

low： 指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。

mean： 暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。

cheap： 侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。

shabby： 指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。

low 双语例句

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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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low 实用场景例句

...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...

把前花园和隔壁隔开的低矮的花园围墙

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She put it down on the low table...

她把它放在了矮桌上。

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He bumped his head on the low beams...

他的头碰到了低梁上。

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It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky...

当时是傍晚时分，太阳低悬于空中。

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...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low.

确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵

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British casualties remained remarkably low...

英国的伤亡人数始终很低。

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They are still having to live on very low incomes...

他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。

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She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.

她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。

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Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low of five and a half stone...

我的体重在降到5.5英石的最低点后，最终稳定在7.5英石。

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The dollar fell to a new low.

美元跌至新低。

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She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.

她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。

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A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...

学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。

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The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.

调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。

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They look for foods that are low in calories.

他们要找低卡路里的食物。

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Low achievers in schools will receive priority.

重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。

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...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.

如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话

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The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...

大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。

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I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.

我对英国小报完全没有好感。

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We are all very tired and morale is low...

我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。

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People had very low expectations.

人们几乎不抱什么期望。

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Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently...

她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟，身体开始剧烈地颤抖。

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My voice has got so low now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.

我的声音变得很低沉，以至于前几天在电话里被人误以为是男人。

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Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.

她的声音很低，他很费力才听得到。

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Their eyesight is poor in low light.

光线很暗时他们视力不佳。

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She turned her little kitchen radio on low...

她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。

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Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether...

买一个调光开关，把灯光调暗，或者干脆把灯关掉。

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We're a bit low on bed linen...

我们的被单枕套有点不够了。

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World stocks of wheat were getting very low.

全球小麦储备严重不足。

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'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.

“你知道，我可没主动要求要干这份工作，”他情绪低落时会这样跟朋友说。

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...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.

使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病

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