1.(高度)低的,矮的
Something that islow measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top.
low的意思
e.g. ...thelow garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...
把前花园和隔壁隔开的低矮的花园围墙
e.g. She put it down on thelow table...
她把它放在了矮桌上。
2.(位置)低的,近地面的,近底部的
If something islow, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something.
e.g. He bumped his head on thelow beams...
他的头碰到了低梁上。
e.g. It was late afternoon and the sun waslow in the sky...
当时是傍晚时分,太阳低悬于空中。
3.水位低的;水浅的
When a river islow, it contains less water than usual.
e.g. ...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river islow.
确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵
4.(数量)少的,接近等级下限的
You can uselow to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such asin the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as 80.
low的解释
e.g. British casualties remained remarkablylow...
英国的伤亡人数始终很低。
e.g. They are still having to live on verylow incomes...
他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。
5.(地位)低微的,低下的
low is used to describe people who are not considered to be very important because they are near the bottom of a particular scale or system.
e.g. She refused to promote Colin above thelow rank of 'legal adviser'.
她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。
6.低点;最低点
If something reaches alow of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been.
e.g. Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to alow of five and a half stone...
我的体重在降到5.5英石的最低点后,最终稳定在7.5英石。
e.g. The dollar fell to a newlow.
美元跌至新低。
7.(汽车或自行车的排挡)低速的,低挡的
If you drive or ride a bicycle in alow gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly.
e.g. She selected alow gear and started down the track carefully.
她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。
8.(质量或标准)低的,差的
If the quality or standard of something islow, it is very poor.
e.g. A school would not acceptlow-quality work from any student...
学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。
e.g. The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for thelow standard of care.
调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。
9.成分少的;含量低的
If a food or other substance islow in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient.
e.g. They look for foods that arelow in calories.
他们要找低卡路里的食物。
10.落后的;后进的
If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as alow achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others.
e.g. low achievers in schools will receive priority.
重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。
e.g. ...if there are strikes by unrewardedlow performers.
如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话
11.(评论)贬低的,轻蔑的
If you have alow opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them.
e.g. The majority of sex offenders have alow opinion of themselves...
大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。
e.g. I have an extremelylow opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.
我对英国小报完全没有好感。
12.消沉的;消极的
You can uselow to describe negative feelings and attitudes.
e.g. We are all very tired and morale islow...
我们大家都非常疲惫,士气低落。
e.g. People had verylow expectations.
人们几乎不抱什么期望。
13.(声音或嗓音)低沉的
If a sound or noise islow, it is deep.
e.g. Then suddenly she gave alow, choking moan and began to tremble violently...
她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟,身体开始剧烈地颤抖。
e.g. My voice has got solow now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.
我的声音变得很低沉,以至于前几天在电话里被人误以为是男人。
14.悄声的;轻声的
If someone's voice islow, it is quiet or soft.
e.g. Her voice was solow he had to strain to catch it.
她的声音很低,他很费力才听得到。
15.(光线)暗淡的,微弱的
A light that islow is not bright or strong.
e.g. Their eyesight is poor inlow light.
光线很暗时他们视力不佳。
16.(收音机、烤炉、灯光等调节至)低挡的,低强度的
If a radio, oven, or light is onlow, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced.
low
e.g. She turned her little kitchen radio onlow...
她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。
e.g. Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light onlow, or switch it off altogether...
买一个调光开关,把灯光调暗,或者干脆把灯关掉。
17.不足的;短缺的;剩余不多的
If you arelow on something or if a supply of it islow, there is not much of it left.
low是什么意思
e.g. We're a bitlow on bed linen...
我们的被单枕套有点不够了。
e.g. World stocks of wheat were getting verylow.
全球小麦储备严重不足。
18.沮丧的;不开心的
If you arelow, you are depressed.
e.g. 'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he islow.
“你知道,我可没主动要求要干这份工作,”他情绪低落时会这样跟朋友说。
19. see also: lower
20.使衰弱;使病倒
If a disease or illnesslays youlow, it makes you weak or ill.
e.g. ...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid himlow for months.
使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病
21.不露面;不引起注意;保持低调
If youare lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself.
e.g. Far from lyinglow, Kuti became more outspoken than ever.
库蒂不但没暂避风头,而且较以往更加直言不讳。
22. to look high andlow -> see high
low profile -> see profile
to be runninglow -> see run