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单词 slow
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Slow
vverb.changelose velocity; move more slowly
Synset:decelerate retard slow down slow up
Examples:
  • The car decelerated
Antonyms:accelerate
Derivationally Related Form:slowingretardationslowdowndeceleration
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:deceleratedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:delaydetainhold upslowslow downslow up
Full Troponyms:bog downbuy timecatchclogdelayslowstallstonewall
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome slow or slower
Synset:slack slacken slow down slow up
Examples:
  • Production slowed
Derivationally Related Form:slowingslowdownslack
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:slowweakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changecause to proceed more slowly
Synset:slow down slow up
Examples:
  • The illness slowed him down
Derivationally Related Form:slowdown
Hypernyms:decelerate retard slow slow down slow up
Inherited Hypernyms:slowdeceleratedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:bogbog downclogconstipate
Full Troponyms:bog downclog
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adjadj.allnot moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Attributes:fastness speed swiftness
Examples:
  • a slow walker
  • the slow lane of traffic
  • her steps were slow
  • he was slow in reacting to the news
  • slow but steady growth
Antonyms:fast
Derivationally Related Form:slowness
Inherited Hypernyms:slow
Similar to:bumper-to-bumper dilatory laggard pokey poky drawn-out lazy long-play long-playing slow-moving sluggish sulky
See also:gradual unhurried
adjadj.allat a slow tempo
Topic:music
Examples:
  • the band played a slow waltz
Antonyms:fast
Derivationally Related Form:slowness
Inherited Hypernyms:slow
Similar to:adagio andante larghetto larghissimo largo lentissimo lento moderato
adj satadj.allslow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Synset:dense dim dull dumb obtuse
Examples:
  • so dense he never understands anything I say to him
  • never met anyone quite so dim
  • although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick - Thackeray
  • dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
  • he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
  • worked with the slow students
Antonyms:smart
Derivationally Related Form:slownessdensenessdumbnessobtusenessdullness
Inherited Hypernyms:dense
Similar to:stupid
adjadj.all(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Examples:
  • the clock is slow
Antonyms:fast
Inherited Hypernyms:slow
adj satadj.allso lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Synset:boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome tedious tiresome wearisome
Examples:
  • a boring evening with uninteresting people
  • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
  • a dull play
  • his competent but dull performance
  • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
  • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is - Edmund Burke
  • tedious days on the train
  • the tiresome chirping of a cricket - Mark Twain
  • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Antonyms:interesting
Derivationally Related Form:boringnessdullnesstediumtediousnesstiresomeness
Inherited Hypernyms:boring
Similar to:uninteresting
adj satadj.all(of business) not active or brisk
Topic:businessbusiness enterprisecommercial enterprise
Synset:dull sluggish
Examples:
  • business is dull (or slow)
  • a sluggish market
Antonyms:active
Derivationally Related Form:sluggishness
Inherited Hypernyms:dull
Similar to:inactive
advadv.allwithout speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:easy slowly tardily
Examples:
  • he spoke slowly
  • go easy here--the road is slippery
  • glaciers move tardily
  • please go slow so I can see the sights
Antonyms:quickly
Pertainyms:slow
Inherited Hypernyms:slowly
advadv.allof timepieces
Synset:behind
Examples:
  • the clock is almost an hour slow
  • my watch is running behind
Inherited Hypernyms:behind
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