Low

(noun.) a low level or position or degree; 'the stock market fell to a new low'.

(noun.) British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963).

(noun.) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; 'a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow'.

(adj.) literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; 'low ceilings'; 'low clouds'; 'low hills'; 'the sun is low'; 'low furniture'; 'a low bow' .

(adj.) less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; 'low prices'; 'the reservoir is low' .

(adj.) used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency .

(adj.) very low in volume; 'a low murmur'; 'the low-toned murmur of the surf' .

(adj.) unrefined in character; 'low comedy' .

(adv.) in a low position; near the ground; 'the branches hung low'.

克莉丝汀编辑

• From the interior a low soft breathing came to his ear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She said to me in a low voice, Don't mind him, ma'am. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• No other, ma'am,' replied Mr. Pickwick, bowing very low. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Was it all self-pity, loneliness, or low spirits? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And particularly, whether they were ever admitted as members in the lower senate? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Johnson and I went to the Charleston end to carry out Edison's plans, which were rapidly unfolded by telegraph every night from a loft on lower Broadway, New York. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The board on the fore part is lower than the others. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We have been speaking of life in its lowest terms--as a physical thing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The hole at the bottom of the lowest was covered with a small pot, into the sides of which had been bored a number of holes. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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