1. 慢的;缓慢的
Something that is slowmoves, happens, or is done without much speed.
slow是什么意思
e.g. The traffic is heavy and slow...
交通拥挤,车流缓慢。
e.g. Electric whisks should be used on a slowspeed.
使用自动搅拌器时应该选用慢挡。
He spoke slowly and deliberately...
他说得缓慢而谨慎。
Christian backed slowly away.
克里斯琴慢慢地往后退。slowness
She lowered the glass with calculated slowness.
她有意慢慢地放低了玻璃杯。
2. (用于非正式英语中)缓慢地,慢吞吞地
In informal English, sloweris used to mean 'at a slower speed' and slowestis used to mean 'at the slowest speed'. In non-standard English, slowis used to mean 'with little speed'.
e.g. I began to walk slower and slower...
我走得越来越慢。
e.g. We got there by driving slowall the way.
我们开着车去了那里,一路上开得很慢。
3. 费时间的;时间长的;迟缓的
Something that is slowtakes a long time.
e.g. The distribution of passports has been a slowprocess.
颁发护照的过程非常缓慢。
My resentment of her slowly began to fade.
我对她的怨恨开始渐渐消退了。slowness
...the slowness of political and economic progress.
政治和经济发展缓慢
4. (办事)慢的,迟的
If someone is slowto do something, they do it after a delay.
e.g. The world community has been slowto respond to the crisis...
国际社会对这次危机反应迟缓。
e.g. I've been a bit slowin making up my mind.
我下决心有些慢。
5. (使)慢下来;(使)放慢速度
If something slowsor if you slowit, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
e.g. The rate of bombing has slowed considerably...
轰炸的速度明显慢了下来。
e.g. She slowed the car and began driving up a narrow road...
她放慢车速,开始驶上一条狭窄的道路。
6. 迟钝的;反应不灵敏的
Someone who is slowis not very clever and takes a long time to understand things.
e.g. He got hit on the head and he's been a bit slowsince.
他的脑袋受过撞击,从那以后,他的反应变得有些迟钝。
7. 呆滞的;不景气的;沉闷的
If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting.
e.g. Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slowor boring...
事情变得有点沉闷无聊的时候,不要胆怯。
e.g. The island is too slowfor her liking.
这个岛太沉闷了,不合她的胃口。
8. (钟表)走得慢的
If a clock or watch is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the correct time.
9. see also: slow-
10. slow off the mark -> see mark
slowly but surely -> see surely
slow on the uptake -> see uptake
相关词组:slow downslow up
1.
1. 慢步:舞步有快步和慢步 快步(quick)占半拍 用Q表示;慢步(slow)占一拍 用S表示. 基本节奏是慢、慢、快、快、慢(S、S、Q、Q、S). 舞曲节奏带有停顿并强调切分音;舞步顿挫有力 潇洒豪放;身体无起伏、无升降、无旋转;表情严肃 有左顾右盼的头部闪动动作.
情景对话
常用短语
常用例句
词汇搭配
经典引文
American English Rhythm-(美国英语的节拍)
A:Hello, Harry. Where are you off to?
你好,哈里,你到哪儿去?
B:I'm going home to study my English lesson.
我回家去温习英语课。
A:English lesson?
英语课?
B:Yes. I'm trying to learn a little more.I don't always understand what people say, and they don't always understand me.
是的,我想尽量多学一点。我总是听不懂人家讲的话,别人也听不懂我讲的话。
slow
A:What're you learning about?
你在学习什么呢?
B:Well. For instance, some words in a sentence are stressed.The time between two of these stressed words is always about the same. No matter how many words there are.This is what makes English sound jerky. First you go very fast, and then perhaps you slowup.
嗯,例如,在一句话中的有些词是加重语气的,其中两个词间隔的时间总是几乎一样的。不论一句中有多少加重的词,这就使英语的音调显得不平稳。开始你说得很快,后来可能慢下来。
slow
A:Hmmmm. I never noticed that. Give me an example.
哦,我倒从来没有注意到这点。给我举个例子。
B:Sure, Here's a sentence we memorized for class. "You told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time."It takes just as long to say"not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time"as it does to say"you told me last night"
可以。这儿有一句我们在上课时应记住的话:"You told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time。"在说"not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time"这段话的时间就和说"you told me last night"这句话一样长。
- 对(某事)迟钝的 be slow in; reacting slowly
- 迟慢的 tardy
- 不灵的 be ineffective
- He caught the slow train to Birmingham.
他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。 - This is the slow lane of a motorway.
这是高速公路的慢车道。 - It was a slow poison.
那是种慢慢发作的毒药。 - He is a slow runner.
他跑得慢。 - Parts of the film were shown again in slow motion.
电影有的部分用慢动作重映一遍。
- Why are you so slow?Hurry up!
你为什么这么慢?快一点! - That clock is five minutes slow.
那钟慢了五分钟。 - The station clocks are two minutes slow.
火车站的钟慢两分钟。 - Beijing is several hours slow on Tokyo.
北京的时间比东京的时间晚几小时。 - These articles were particularly slow.
这些商品特别滞销。 - The party was rather slow at first but it soon picked up with her arrival.
起初交谊会很不活跃,但随着她的到来,气氛很快就活跃起来了。 - We thought the party was rather slow.
我们觉得那舞会不甚精彩。 - That game is a bit slow for my taste.
对于我来说那项运动很没趣。 - Business is slow just now.
目前生意清淡。 - I'm sorry I'm so slow today,I didn't get much sleep last night.
对不起,我今天反应太迟钝,我昨天晚上没睡多少觉。
- They were very slow about paying me.
他们给我付款拖拖拉拉。 - She is slow to wrath.
她轻易不动怒。 - You are painfully slow with your figures.
你计算得实在太慢了。
- slow afternoon沉闷的下午
- slow child反应慢的孩子
- slow erosion缓慢的侵蚀
- slow journey缓慢旅行
- slow learner迟钝的学习者
- slow march缓步行进
- slow music慢节拍的音乐
- slow poison慢性毒药
- slow progress缓慢的进展
- slow pupils迟钝的学生
- slow reason淡季
- slow recovery缓慢的恢复
- slow runner跑得慢的人
- slow town落后的城镇
- slow train慢车
- slow vehicle行驶缓慢的车
- slow walk缓步行走
- slow walker走得慢的人
- 3 minutes slow(表等)慢三分钟
- slow to anger不轻易发怒
- slow at在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
- slow at accounts不善于算账
- slow at arithmetic不擅长算术
- slow at figures不善于计算
- slow at sb's work工作缓慢
- slow in在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
- slow in action行动缓慢
- slow in learning English学英语很迟钝
- slow in making up one's mind迟迟拿不定主意
- slow in reacting反应迟钝
- slow in understanding理解力迟钝
- slow of在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
- slow of hearing听觉不灵
- slow of learning学得慢
- slow of speech不善辞令
- drive slow驾车慢行
- play slow弹奏得慢
- slow the car放慢车速
- slow the horse放慢马速
- slow down〔up〕降低速度
- slow down〔up〕 a motorcar放慢汽车速度
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I must be slow, for only then did I realize that Stahr was..Smith.
出自:Scott Fitzgerald -
My breathing slowed and I grew calmer.
出自:J. M. Coetzee -
Traffic..slowed to a honking..crawl.
出自:J. Updike
词语用法
词义讲解
常见错误
词源解说
- slow的基本意思是“慢的”,主要指“速度慢”; 指时间时,表示比正确时间晚; 指人时,表示智力差、反应迟钝,学习上进步不快; 指商业时,表示营业呆滞; slow也可作“不乐意,不起劲”解,还可作“表面能降低运动速度的”解。
- slow可作定语或表语,用作表语时其后可接动词不定式、介词短语或that从句; slow也可以用作宾语补足语。
- slow前可用rather, too等来修饰。
- slow用作副词时,常用来修饰动词。
- slow用作形容词或副词的意思是“慢”,用作动词时意思是“(使)变慢”,指由于外界原因使汽车等速度变慢。引申可指逐渐地掌握一门技术。
- slow既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。
- slow可接副词up〔down〕表示“(使)慢下来”。
- 下面两个句子的意思相同:
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- She was slow to react.
- She was slow in reaction.
- 她反应迟钝。
- 下面两个句子的意思不同:
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- She was slow in learning English.
- 她学习英语很缓慢。
- She was slow at learning English.
- 她不善于学习英语。
- slow, slowly
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- 这两个词都有“慢”的意思,都可用作副词。其区别是:
- 1.slow除可用作副词外,还可用作形容词或动词。例如:
- He caught the slow train to Birmingham.他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。
- 2.slow侧重于表示状态,而slowly则表示动作的方式。例如:
- She walked slow.
- 她行走缓慢。
- She walked slowly.
- 她缓慢地走着。
- 3.slowly可用在多种场合,位置较灵活,既可放在谓语动词之前,也可放在谓语动词之后,有时甚至放在句首; slow只用在如go, run, speak, read, burn, drive等动词的后面或how引起的感叹句中。例如:
- He walks slowly.他走得很慢。
- Do speak slower!说慢一点行吗!
- We slowly climbed over the mountain.我们慢慢爬过了山头。
- We climbed slowly over the mountain.我们慢慢爬过了山头。
- Slowly we climbed over the mountain.慢慢地我们爬过了山头。
- 4.slow常可用于引申义。例如:
- Work became slow and he could earn only a few days' pay a month.活儿变轻闲了,他每月只能挣到几天的工资。
- 5.slow比slowly语气更强。
- 请慢慢说。
误Please slow speak.
正Please speak slow.
析slow与go, drive, speak, read, walk, run等动词连用时,一般放在这些词之后。
- 这本书很乏味。
误This book is fairly slow.
正This book is rather slow.
析slow一般用rather或too等修饰,而不用fairly, much等修饰。
- ☆ 直接源自古英语的slaw,意为不积极的。
中考真题例句
高考真题例句
John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowingdown.
约翰突然跳下秋千,甚至没有减速。
2019广州市卷
Later I studied on my own as well, but my progress was still slow.
后来我也自学了,但我的进步仍然很慢。
2019深圳市卷
The more information our minds take in, the slowertime seems to pass.
我们的大脑吸收的信息越多,时间似乎过得越慢。
2019北京市卷
She may be slow, but at least she doesn’t make stupid mistakes.
她也许不聪明,但至少她不会犯愚蠢的错误。
2018苏州市卷
Although business was slowat first, it soon got better.
虽然起初生意不景气,但很快就变好了。
2018天津市卷
If you need some help slowingdown, turn on relaxing music.
若你需要某些外力帮你慢下来, 就播放一点让人放松的音乐。
2015全国卷2
I helped him move slowlyover the fence.
我帮他慢慢地跨过栅栏。
2016全国卷3
Instead of being discouraged by my slowprogress, I was excited.
我并没有因为我的缓慢进步气馁, 反而很兴奋。
2017全国卷1
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