slow
[ADJ, ADV, VERB]
slower , slowest
1. 缓慢的
Something that is slow moves, happens, or is done without much speed.
双语例句
例：The traffic is heavy and slow.
交通拥挤，车流缓慢。
例：Electric whisks should be used on a slow speed.
电子打蛋器应该慢速运转。
2. 漫长的
Something that is slow takes a long time.
双语例句
例：The distribution of passports has been a slow process.
颁发护照一直是个漫长的过程。
3. 迟缓的
If someone is slow to do something, they do it after a delay.
双语例句
例：The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis.
国际社会对该危机的反应向来迟缓。
4. 迟钝的
Someone who is slow is not very clever and takes a long time to understand things.
双语例句
例：He got hit on the head and he's been a bit slow since.
自从他的头被撞了以后他就变得有点迟钝了。
5. 乏味的
If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting.
近义词
双语例句
例：Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring.
当事情似乎有点乏味或无聊时，不要胆怯。
6. （钟表）慢的
If a clock or watch is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the correct time.
双语例句
例：The clock is about two and a half minutes slow.
那钟慢两分半左右。
ADJ. 形容词
1. 缓慢地
In informal English, slower is used to mean 'at a slower speed' and slowest is used to mean 'at the slowest speed'. In nonstandard English, slow is used to mean 'with little speed'.
双语例句
例：I began to walk slower and slower.
我走得越来越慢。
ADV. 副词
slow down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 放慢 , 使放慢
If something slows down or if something slows it down, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
近义词
slow up
双语例句
例：The bus slowed down for the next stop.
那辆公共汽车慢下来准备停靠下一站。
例：There is no cure for the disease, although drugs can slow down its rate of development.
这种病没法治，尽管药物可以延缓病情的发展。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 使放松下来 , 放松下来
If someone slows down or if something slows them down, they become less active.
双语例句
例：You will need to slow down for a while.
你需要放松一会儿。
slow up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （使）放慢 , （使）放松下来（同）slow）
Slow up means the same as slow.
双语例句
例：Sales are slowing up.
销售速度正在减慢。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
slows , slowing , slowed
1. [I 不及物动词] 使慢下来 , 慢下来
If something slows or if you slow it, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
双语例句
例：The rate of bombing has slowed considerably.
轰炸的速率已经放慢了许多。
例：She slowed the car and began driving up a narrow road.
她放慢了车速，开始驶上一条狭窄的道路。
VERB. 动词
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