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low adj.低的；少的；低落的；低声的；卑劣的；低等的adv.低地；低声地；低下地；廉价地n.低水平；低价；低谷v.哞哞叫 (1) 他们报的价很低。(2) 太阳很低时，物体的影子就很长。(3) 他情绪低落的时候就拉小提琴。(4) 大厅里有窃窃私语声。(5) 那是个卑劣的把戏。(6) 他卑微的出身并不能阻挡他的成功。(7) 太阳低悬在薄雾笼罩的山谷之上。(8) 我叫他们把音量调低一点。(9) 很多富户都因那次金融危机而家道中落。(10) 英镑兑换美元的比值已经跌倒新的低点。(11) 股价达到历史新低。(12) 作为一名演员,他已经经历了人生中无数的起起落落。 Things that are less than usual can be described with the adjective low. You might be low on gas in your car, for example, or wake up with a low amount of energy. A low ceiling can be dangerous for a very tall person, and a low voice can barely be heard. You can also talk about a gloomy mood as being low. And when cows moo, whether they're feeling low or not, you can cay that they low.

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英 [ləʊ] 美 [loʊ] (1) The price they quoted was very low.(2) Shadows are longer when the sun is low in the sky.(3) He'd play the violin when he was in low spirits.(4) There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.(5) That was a low trick.(6) He low family background couldn't hinder his success.(7) The sun hung low over the misted valley.(8) I asked them to turn the volume down low.(9) Many rich families were brought low by the financial crisis.(10) The value of the pound has fallen to a new low against the dollar.(11) Share prices hit an all-time low.(12) He's experienced all the highs and lows of an actor's life. When you travel through a low tunnel, you might be tempted to duck your head. Something that's low is short or shallow. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（高度）低的，矮的 Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top. ...the low 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She put it down on the low table...她把它放在了矮桌上。The country, with its low, rolling hills was beautiful...这个地区山峦低矮起伏，景色秀丽。The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.休闲中心是一个狭长而低矮的现代建筑。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（位置）低的，近地面的，近底部的 If something is low, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something. He bumped his head on the low beams...他的头碰到了低梁上。It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky...当时是傍晚时分，太阳低悬于空中。They saw a government war plane make a series of low-level bombing raids.他们看见一架政府战斗机连番低空轰炸。...nagging low back pain.烦人的腰疼3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]水位低的；水浅的 When a river is low, it contains less water than usual.   [usu v-link ADJ]...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low.确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（数量）少的，接近等级下限的 You can use low to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such as in the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as 80. British casualties remained remarkably low...英国的伤亡人数始终很低。They are still having to live on very low incomes...他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。The temperature's in the low 40s.温度是40度多一点。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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.   [usu ADJ n]She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。6[N-COUNT 可数名词]低点；最低点 If something reaches a low of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been.   [usu sing]Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low 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。The dollar fell to a new low.美元跌至新低。7[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（汽车或自行车的排挡）低速的，低挡的 If you drive or ride a bicycle in a low gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly. She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。8[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（质量或标准）低的，差的 If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor. A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。...low-grade coal.劣质煤9[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]成分少的；含量低的 If a food or other substance is low in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient.   [v-link ADJ in n]  [usu ADJ n]They look for foods that are low in calories.他们要找低卡路里的食物。Low is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)...low-sodium tomato sauce...低钠番茄酱Low-odour paints help make decorating so much easier.气味小的油漆会使装修轻松很多。10[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]落后的；后进的 If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as a low achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others.   [ADJ n]Low achievers in schools will receive priority.重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话11[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（评论）贬低的，轻蔑的 If you have a low opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them. The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.我对英国小报完全没有好感。12[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]消沉的；消极的 You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes. We are all very tired and morale is low...我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。People had very low expectations.人们几乎不抱什么期望。13[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（声音或嗓音）低沉的 If a sound or noise is low, it is deep. Then suddenly she gave a low, 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。My voice has got so low 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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]悄声的；轻声的 If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft. Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.她的声音很低，他很费力才听得到。15[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（光线）暗淡的，微弱的 A light that is low is not bright or strong. Their eyesight is poor in low light.光线很暗时他们视力不佳。16[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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 on low, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced. She turned her little kitchen radio on low...她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, 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。Cook the sauce over a low heat until it boils and thickens.以小火加热酱汁至其沸腾变浓。17[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不足的；短缺的；剩余不多的 If you are low on something or if a supply of it is low, there is not much of it left.   [v-link ADJ]We're a bit low on bed linen...我们的被单枕套有点不够了。World stocks of wheat were getting very low.全球小麦储备严重不足。18[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]沮丧的；不开心的 If you are low, you are depressed.   [INFORMAL 非正式]'I didn't  ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.“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。19See also:lower；  20[PHRASE 短语]使衰弱；使病倒 If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.   [V inflects]...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病21[PHRASE 短语]不露面；不引起注意；保持低调 If you are lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Far from lying low, 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 and low→see: high； low profile→see: profile； to be running low→see: run；

英语单词	low
英美音标	英 [ləʊ] 美 [loʊ]
中文释义	adj.低的；少的；低落的；低声的；卑劣的；低等的 adv.低地；低声地；低下地；廉价地 n.低水平；低价；低谷 v.哞哞叫
英语例句	(1) The price they quoted was very low. (2) Shadows are longer when the sun is low in the sky. (3) He'd play the violin when he was in low spirits. (4) There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall. (5) That was a low trick. (6) He low family background couldn't hinder his success. (7) The sun hung low over the misted valley. (8) I asked them to turn the volume down low. (9) Many rich families were brought low by the financial crisis. (10) The value of the pound has fallen to a new low against the dollar. (11) Share prices hit an all-time low. (12) He's experienced all the highs and lows of an actor's life.
中文例句	(1) 他们报的价很低。 (2) 太阳很低时，物体的影子就很长。 (3) 他情绪低落的时候就拉小提琴。 (4) 大厅里有窃窃私语声。 (5) 那是个卑劣的把戏。 (6) 他卑微的出身并不能阻挡他的成功。 (7) 太阳低悬在薄雾笼罩的山谷之上。 (8) 我叫他们把音量调低一点。 (9) 很多富户都因那次金融危机而家道中落。 (10) 英镑兑换美元的比值已经跌倒新的低点。 (11) 股价达到历史新低。 (12) 作为一名演员,他已经经历了人生中无数的起起落落。
vocabulary简明	When you travel through a low tunnel, you might be tempted to duck your head. Something that's low is short or shallow.
vocabulary扩展	Things that are less than usual can be described with the adjective low. You might be low on gas in your car, for example, or wake up with a low amount of energy. A low ceiling can be dangerous for a very tall person, and a low voice can barely be heard. You can also talk about a gloomy mood as being low. And when cows moo, whether they're feeling low or not, you can cay that they low.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（高度）低的，矮的 Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top. ...the low 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 She put it down on the low table... 她把它放在了矮桌上。 The country, with its low, rolling hills was beautiful... 这个地区山峦低矮起伏，景色秀丽。 The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building. 休闲中心是一个狭长而低矮的现代建筑。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（位置）低的，近地面的，近底部的 If something is low, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something. He bumped his head on the low beams... 他的头碰到了低梁上。 It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky... 当时是傍晚时分，太阳低悬于空中。 They saw a government war plane make a series of low-level bombing raids. 他们看见一架政府战斗机连番低空轰炸。 ...nagging low back pain. 烦人的腰疼 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]水位低的；水浅的 When a river is low, it contains less water than usual. [usu v-link ADJ] ...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low. 确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（数量）少的，接近等级下限的 You can use low to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such as in the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as 80. British casualties remained remarkably low... 英国的伤亡人数始终很低。 They are still having to live on very low incomes... 他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。 The temperature's in the low 40s. 温度是40度多一点。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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. [usu ADJ n] She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'. 她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]低点；最低点 If something reaches a low of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been. [usu sing] Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low 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。 The dollar fell to a new low. 美元跌至新低。 7 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（汽车或自行车的排挡）低速的，低挡的 If you drive or ride a bicycle in a low gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly. She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully. 她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。 8 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（质量或标准）低的，差的 If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor. A school would not accept low-quality work from any student... 学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。 The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care. 调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。 ...low-grade coal. 劣质煤 9 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]成分少的；含量低的 If a food or other substance is low in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient. [v-link ADJ in n] [usu ADJ n] They look for foods that are low in calories. 他们要找低卡路里的食物。 Low is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词) ...low-sodium tomato sauce... 低钠番茄酱 Low-odour paints help make decorating so much easier. 气味小的油漆会使装修轻松很多。 10 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]落后的；后进的 If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as a low achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others. [ADJ n] Low achievers in schools will receive priority. 重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。 ...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers. 如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话 11 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（评论）贬低的，轻蔑的 If you have a low opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them. The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves... 大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。 I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers. 我对英国小报完全没有好感。 12 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]消沉的；消极的 You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes. We are all very tired and morale is low... 我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。 People had very low expectations. 人们几乎不抱什么期望。 13 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（声音或嗓音）低沉的 If a sound or noise is low, it is deep. Then suddenly she gave a low, 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。 My voice has got so low 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 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]悄声的；轻声的 If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft. Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it. 她的声音很低，他很费力才听得到。 15 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（光线）暗淡的，微弱的 A light that is low is not bright or strong. Their eyesight is poor in low light. 光线很暗时他们视力不佳。 16 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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 on low, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced. She turned her little kitchen radio on low... 她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。 Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, 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。 Cook the sauce over a low heat until it boils and thickens. 以小火加热酱汁至其沸腾变浓。 17 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不足的；短缺的；剩余不多的 If you are low on something or if a supply of it is low, there is not much of it left. [v-link ADJ] We're a bit low on bed linen... 我们的被单枕套有点不够了。 World stocks of wheat were getting very low. 全球小麦储备严重不足。 18 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]沮丧的；不开心的 If you are low, you are depressed. [INFORMAL 非正式] 'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low. “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 [PHRASE 短语]使衰弱；使病倒 If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill. [V inflects] ...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months. 使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病 21 [PHRASE 短语]不露面；不引起注意；保持低调 If you are lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] Far from lying low, 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 and low→see: high ； low profile→see: profile ； to be running low→see: run ；

Low Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Amount Voice Bottom [Usu N