slow

慢的；迟缓的； 缓慢的

费时 的

迟钝的；呆笨的

不活跃的； 笨拙的；不敏捷的

较正常时间慢了的（钟表）

不容许快速的，减低速度的（表面）

缓慢地

（常与down, up连用）

变缓，使变慢

变松弛，使松弛

slow

慢的, 迟钝的, 不活跃的, 缓慢的

(～ down)(使)慢下来, (使)减速, 减缓

缓慢

slow

1. lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"

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2. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

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3. cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"

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1. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"

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2. at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"

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3. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

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4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"

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5. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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6. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

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1. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"

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2. of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

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