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单词 slow-moving
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Definition of slow-moving in English:

slow-moving

adjective
  • Slow in movement, action, or progress.

    the slow-moving hands of a clock
    a slow-moving film
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At more than nine minutes in length, the track is an ambient impasse, a slow-moving mass of nothing much.
    • Even those ordered deported by the slow-moving immigration appeals system often simply disappear.
    • It begins in a low key and slow-moving fashion as a middle-aged couple discusses something that's not at all clear to us but certainly sounds ominous.
    • The sculpture balances over a large, shallow, black granite reflecting pool of slow-moving water.
    • In fact, the change in demographics is a slow-moving process that can easily be overcome by decent productivity gains.
    • The first few hours are rather dull and slow-moving, and the show never really gets itself motivated past this point.
    • As we crossed the New York state line, we passed a slow-moving combine in a field of soybeans, kicking up sprays of mud from ruts that bore an odd resemblance to chocolate pudding.
    • Scout remembers that Maycomb was a tired, slow-moving town when she first knew it as a child years ago.
    • "As it turns out, the fish are mostly feeding on aquatic invertebrates found in the slow-moving drainages near fields," he said.
    • However, structural problems and a slow-moving government leave doubts about a turnaround.
 
 

Definition of slow-moving in US English:

slow-moving

adjectiveˌslōˈmo͞oviNGˌsloʊˈmuvɪŋ
  • Slow in movement or action.

    the slow-moving hands of a clock
    the early part of the movie is slow-moving, with very little action
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "As it turns out, the fish are mostly feeding on aquatic invertebrates found in the slow-moving drainages near fields," he said.
    • Scout remembers that Maycomb was a tired, slow-moving town when she first knew it as a child years ago.
    • The sculpture balances over a large, shallow, black granite reflecting pool of slow-moving water.
    • In fact, the change in demographics is a slow-moving process that can easily be overcome by decent productivity gains.
    • Even those ordered deported by the slow-moving immigration appeals system often simply disappear.
    • At more than nine minutes in length, the track is an ambient impasse, a slow-moving mass of nothing much.
    • However, structural problems and a slow-moving government leave doubts about a turnaround.
    • The first few hours are rather dull and slow-moving, and the show never really gets itself motivated past this point.
    • It begins in a low key and slow-moving fashion as a middle-aged couple discusses something that's not at all clear to us but certainly sounds ominous.
    • As we crossed the New York state line, we passed a slow-moving combine in a field of soybeans, kicking up sprays of mud from ruts that bore an odd resemblance to chocolate pudding.
 
 
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