slow
缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓
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Definitions
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slow·er, slow·est.
- : moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- : characterized by lack of speed: a slow pace.
- : taking or requiring a comparatively long time for completion: a slow meal; a slow trip.
- : requiring or taking a long time for growing, changing, or occurring; gradual: a plant of slow growth.
- : made, created, or done in a careful, thorough, or traditional way in order to ensure such benefits as quality, environmental sustainability, or time for mental reflection:Give slow tourism a try as you leisurely explore this charming island, soak in the surrounding nature, and savor local encounters.What's known as slow journalism is an approach to reporting that avoids superficial headlines and instead focuses on in-depth storytelling and a more considered analysis of events.
- : sluggish in nature, disposition, or function.
- : dull of perception or understanding; mentally dull: a slow child.
- : not prompt, readily disposed, or in haste: slow to anger; slow to take offense.
- : burning or heating with little speed or intensity, as a fire or an oven.
- : slack; not busy: The market was slow today.
Phrases
- slow burn
- slow but sure
- slow down
- slow on the uptake
- slow up
- mills of the gods grind slowly
- on the uptake, slow
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
They’ve really worked out a good way to tease out very subtle, slow temporal changes.
That’s because coastal wetlands would sop up the excess water, slowing the surge upstream.
In the longer term, of course, we need to slow down climate change.
Restaurant and catering sales fell 7% year-on-year in August, a slower pace than July’s 11% drop and June’s nearly 33% decrease.
Without a vaccine readily available, it has been challenging to get people to engage in enough of the behaviors that can help slow the virus.
Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.
“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
“Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.
One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain.
“The sepoys have come in from Meerut,” he announced with the slow tick of the earliest form of apparatus.
It is not surprising after this to learn that some children are slow in seizing the representative character of acting.