slow

英[sl??] 美[slo?]

第三人稱單數:?slows;過去式:?slowed;過去分詞:?slowed;現在分詞:?slowing;比較級:?slower;最高級:?slowest;名詞:?slowness;

slow 慢的，緩慢的，遲緩的

來自中古英語 slow, 來自古英語 slaw, 懶散的，無精打采的，緩慢的，來自 Proto-Germanic*slaiwaz,沒精神的，虛弱的，來自 PIE*sleu,沒精神的，虛弱的，沒精打采的，詞源同 slack,sluggard.引申諸相關詞義。

slow: slow: [OE] The etymological notion underlying slow is ‘dullness, sluggishness’; ‘lack of speed’ is a secondary development. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sl?waz, which also produced Swedish sl? and Danish sl?v ‘dull, blunt’. The original idea of ‘sluggishness’ is better preserved in the derivative sloth [12] (etymologically ‘slow-ness’).
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slow (adj.): Old English slaw "inactive, sluggish, torpid, lazy," also "not clever," from Proto-Germanic *sl?waz (cognates: Old Saxon sleu "blunt, dull," Middle Dutch slee, Dutch sleeuw "sour, tart, blunt," Old High German sleo "blunt, dull," Old Norse sljor, Danish sl?v, Swedish sl? "blunt, dull"). Meaning "taking a long time" is attested from early 13c. Meaning "dull, tedious" is from 1841. As an adverb c. 1500. The slows "imaginary disease to account for lethargy" is from 1843.
slow (v.): 1550s, "make slower;" 1590s, "go slower," from slow (adj.). Related: Slowed; slowing. Old English had slawian (intransitive) "to be or become slow, be sluggish," but the modern use appears to be a 16c. re-formation.

1. The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.: 蛇蜥其實不是蛇，而是無腳的蜥蜴。

2. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?: 為什么成年人總是那么一本正經，對好點子反應那么遲緩呢？

4. He topped her glass up after complaining she was a slow drinker.: 他抱怨她喝得太慢，隨即又把她的杯子續滿。