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Lower Middle English Low Comparative Descend Related Lowered

正面 2064.lower
英 ['ləʊə]美 ['loɚ]

背面
释义:
vt. 减弱,减少;放下,降下;贬低vi. 降低;减弱;跌落adj. 下游的;下级的;下等的n. (Lower)人名;(英、意)洛厄
例句:
1. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.我感觉到后腰一阵剧痛。

1、creat- + -ive.
lower 降低,更低的来自low的比较级。lower 天空变昏暗,变阴沉来自lour的拼写变体。
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.))."

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