slowed-upadj.

Brit.

/ˌsləʊdˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌsloʊdˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slowed adj., up adv.¹

Etymology: < slowed adj. + up adv.¹, after to slow up at slow v. Phrasal verbs.

a. That has been caused to move, operate, or progress at a reduced speed or rate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > decreased in speed

slacked1628

retarded1656

slowed-down1890

slowed-up1893

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > slower

latterOE

slowed-down1890

slowed-up1893

1893 C. Morris Hist. Tales 290 The men sprang from the slowed-up engine.

1963 G. Clark Hi, There! (1968) 71 I figure we were ten to fifteen minutes longer reaching my block on account of the slowed-up traffic.

1988 E. S. Herman & N. Chomsky Manufacturing Consent 337 With the slowed-up growth of advertising revenues, CBS embarked on an employment cutback of as many as six hundred broadcast division employees.

2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 May e5/2 The visually drab first part [of the movie]..ticks along ominously like a slowed-up metronome.

b. Of a film, audio recording, etc.: that is played back at a slower speed than that of the shooting, recording, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective]

slowed-down1919

slowed-up1920

speeded-up1931

multiplane1948

widescreen1949

BW1960

Imax1969

slo-mo1969

Omnimax1973

colorized2005

1920 D. R. Hodgdon Junior Gen. Sci. xiii. 279 The pull of gravity on some of these [sc. asteroids] is so slight that a man could leap 60 feet and descend with as little jar as the athletes shown in the slowed-up moving pictures.

2012 B. Krause Great Animal Orchestra v. 124 We re-created a representative hadrosaur vocalization that sounded somewhat like a slowed-up recording of a great hornbill.

2. Characterized by reduced activity; lacking vigour, vitality, or liveliness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy

nesheOE

lustlessc1325

dowfa1522

unlikely1578

thowless1721

sapless1864

anergic1874

entropic1893

thewless1895

slowed-down1905

slowed-up1912

greyed-out1946

1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 22 Aug. 4/2 When this [sc. the incentive to individual effort] is gone the resultant is a slowed-up civilization with men on the whole living less of a life than they do under the condemned capitalistic system.

1942 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Mar. 221/1 Convulsive therapy reanimates a slowed up patient and tends to make depressive feelings disappear.

1957 E. Maxwell How to do It vii. 160 If there is a nice, eloquent backbiting feud going on in or near your range of acquaintanceship, make use of it. I guarantee it will get a slowed-up party very much on the move again.

2017 Express (Nexis) 30 May It's really common to feel cold all the time and to generally feel 'slowed up' in your thinking and functioning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slowed-up
释义	slowed-upadj. Brit. /ˌsləʊdˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌsloʊdˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slowed adj., up adv.¹ Etymology: < slowed adj. + up adv.¹, after to slow up at slow v. Phrasal verbs. 1. a. That has been caused to move, operate, or progress at a reduced speed or rate. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > decreased in speed slacked1628 retarded1656 slowed-down1890 slowed-up1893 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > slower latterOE slowed-down1890 slowed-up1893 1893 C. Morris Hist. Tales 290 The men sprang from the slowed-up engine. 1963 G. Clark Hi, There! (1968) 71 I figure we were ten to fifteen minutes longer reaching my block on account of the slowed-up traffic. 1988 E. S. Herman & N. Chomsky Manufacturing Consent 337 With the slowed-up growth of advertising revenues, CBS embarked on an employment cutback of as many as six hundred broadcast division employees. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 May e5/2 The visually drab first part [of the movie]..ticks along ominously like a slowed-up metronome. b. Of a film, audio recording, etc.: that is played back at a slower speed than that of the shooting, recording, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective] slowed-down1919 slowed-up1920 speeded-up1931 multiplane1948 widescreen1949 BW1960 Imax1969 slo-mo1969 Omnimax1973 colorized2005 1920 D. R. Hodgdon Junior Gen. Sci. xiii. 279 The pull of gravity on some of these [sc. asteroids] is so slight that a man could leap 60 feet and descend with as little jar as the athletes shown in the slowed-up moving pictures. 2012 B. Krause Great Animal Orchestra v. 124 We re-created a representative hadrosaur vocalization that sounded somewhat like a slowed-up recording of a great hornbill. 2. Characterized by reduced activity; lacking vigour, vitality, or liveliness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy nesheOE lustlessc1325 dowfa1522 unlikely1578 thowless1721 sapless1864 anergic1874 entropic1893 thewless1895 slowed-down1905 slowed-up1912 greyed-out1946 1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 22 Aug. 4/2 When this [sc. the incentive to individual effort] is gone the resultant is a slowed-up civilization with men on the whole living less of a life than they do under the condemned capitalistic system. 1942 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Mar. 221/1 Convulsive therapy reanimates a slowed up patient and tends to make depressive feelings disappear. 1957 E. Maxwell How to do It vii. 160 If there is a nice, eloquent backbiting feud going on in or near your range of acquaintanceship, make use of it. I guarantee it will get a slowed-up party very much on the move again. 2017 Express (Nexis) 30 May It's really common to feel cold all the time and to generally feel 'slowed up' in your thinking and functioning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1893
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