英语词汇“lower”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lower
释义	low·er I. intransitive verb or lour \ˈlau̇(ə)r, -au̇ə, esp in the South -au̇wə(r; sometimes ˈlō(ə)r or ˈlōə\ (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English louren; akin to Middle Dutch loeren to lie in wait, watch, Middle High German lūren 1. : to look sullen : frown < lowering at the pavement — G.B.Shaw > 2. a. : to be dark, gloomy, and threatening < the clouds lower > b. : to become covered with dark and threatening clouds < a rising wind and lowering sky > c. : to show threatening signs of approach < dark lowers the tempest overhead — H.W.Longfellow > < great thunderheads lowering as they came — Mary Austin > 3. archaic : to lie in wait II. noun or lour \“\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English lour, from louren, v. : a lowering look; also : a lowering or gloomy sky or aspect of weather III. \ˈlō(ə)r, -ōə\ adjective Etymology: from lower, compar. of low (IV) 1. : relatively low in position, amount, or degree < a lower berth > < a lower estimate > < a lower boiling point > 2. a. : being or relating to something or someone of popular or inferior origin or rank < the lower chamber of a legislative body > < lower officeholders > b. : less differentiated in structure : less highly advanced in the scale of development through evolution < the lower animals > < lower organisms > c. also low : of or relating to a phase of an educational system that must be completed before the next one is entered < lower school > < lower division > < lower freshmen > 3. a. (1) : situated or regarded as being situated below the level of another part or place < the lower middle class > < the lower settlements > (2) : situated or believed to be situated beneath the surface of the earth < the lower world > (3) : being the southern part of an area < the center of the financial district in lower Manhattan — Current Biography > < the lower South > b. usually capitalized : being an earlier epoch or series of the period or system named < Lower Carboniferous > < Lower Cretaceous > < Lower Permian > < Lower Silurian > — contrasted with Upper c. : farther from the source < the lower Nile > < the lower Mississippi > d. usually capitalized : living on lower ground, not so far inland, farther downstream, or farther south than others of the same group < the Lower Creek > 4. : more recent < assigns a lower date for this event > IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* 1. : to move to a lower level : descend to a lower stage : let oneself down < came and lowered by her — A.B.Guthrie > < the river lowered as rapidly as it rose > 2. : to diminish or decrease in value, amount, intensity, or degree < predicted that prices would gradually lower > < voice lowered into the sound of rain — James Still > 3. : to lower a boat or sail < lowered for a bull sperm whale — H.A.Chippendale > — often used with away < as you lower away, you can gather the jib as it comes down — Peter Heaton > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to let descend by its own weight : let down < lower a bucket > < lower a sail > < into this the general lowered his portly form — D.G.Gerahty > b. : to depress as to direction < lower the aim of a gun > c. (1) : to depress the surface of (as by carving, scraping) (2) : to remove (a part) in so doing d. : to reduce the height of < lower a wall > 2. a. : to reduce in value or amount < lower the price of goods > < lower the rate of interest > b. (1) : to bring down in quality, character, or reputation : degrade < lowered himself by his actions > < novels and tales likely to lower taste — Times Literary, Supplement > (2) : abase, humble : bring down in rank < lowered the proud grandees and exalted the commoners > c. : to make less elevated as to objective < lowered his aspirations > — often used in the phrase lower one's sights < nothing would be more fatal … than to lower our sights — J.B.Conant > 3. a. : to move (the tongue) down away from the palate b. : to replace (a sound) with an allophone or phoneme of lower tongue position < \ē\ was lowered to \i\ before \r\ > • - lower the boom V. noun (-s) : the lower member of a pair: as a. : a lower berth b. : a lower denture
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