lower
英 ['ləʊə]
美 ['loɚ]
- vt. 減弱，減少；放下，降下；貶低
- vi. 降低；減弱；跌落
- adj. 下遊的；下級的；下等的
- n. (Lower)人名；(英、意)洛厄
中文詞源
lower 降低，更低的來自low的比較級。
lower 天空變昏暗，變陰沉來自lour的拚寫變體。
英文詞源
- lower (v.1)
- c. 1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c. 1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn, c. 1200) was in use into the 18c.
- lower (v.2)
- "to look dark and threatening," also lour, Middle English louren, luren "to frown" (early 13c.), "to lurk" (mid-15c.), from Old English *luran or from its cognates, Middle Low German luren, Middle Dutch loeren "lie in wait." Form perhaps assimilated to lower (1). Related: Lowered; lowering.
- lower (adj.)
- c. 1200, lahre, comparative of lah (see low (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.
- 我感覺到後腰一陣劇痛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.
- 冷水中生物的基礎代謝速度要低很多。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.
- 各公司正在把工作崗位轉移至生活費用較低的城鎮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He comes from a completely uncultured, lower middle-class family.
- 他來自中下階層一個根本沒什麽文化的家庭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers.
- 很多企業通過雇用薪金低廉的兼職工人來減少開支。
來自柯林斯例句