Slow的意思|Slow的解释-里氏词典

Slow \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slowing}.]
To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay;
as, to slow a steamer. --Shak.

Slow \Slow\, v. i.
To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up
before crossing the bridge.

Slow \Slow\, n.
A moth. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), obs. imp. of {Slee}, to slay.
Slew. --Chaucer.

Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), a. [Compar. {Slower} (sl[=o]"[~e]r);
superl. {Slowest}.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS.
sl[=e]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[=e]o
blunt, dull, Icel. sl[=o]r, sl[ae]r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw.
sl["o]. Cf. {Sloe}, and {Sloth}.]
1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift;
not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as,
a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
--Milton.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden.

4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
tardy; inactive.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
--Prov. xiv.
29.

5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
arts and sciences.

7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.

Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for
the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited,
slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.

{Slow coach}, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.]

{Slow lemur}, or {Slow loris} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian
nocturnal lemurine animal ({Nycticebus tardigradus}) about
the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and
deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is
without a tail. Called also {bashful Billy}.

{Slow match}. See under {Match}.

Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull;
inactive.

Usage: {Slow}, {Tardy}, {Dilatory}. Slow is the wider term,
denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of
intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a
habit of delaying the performance of what we know must
be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand;
as, tardy in making up one's acounts.

Slow \Slow\, adv.
Slowly.

Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow. --Shak.

General Motors Corp. will cut about 3,200 production jobs at three plants in February and March because of slow auto sales, the nation's biggest automaker said in another indication of the industry's severe slump.
The nation's largest oil company fired the tanker's skipper after saying tests showed he was legally drunk but faced a torrent of criticism for its slow reaction to the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
What value does it have for Mr. Harwood not to have access to IL-2? Many very dedicated cancer researchers have suggested that the process of drug approval is much too slow and much too expensive to be truly responsive to the needs of cancer patients.
But he says the United States and the allies should go slow in making deals with Moscow.
Strong enough, at least, to convince many analysts that the Fed would raise interest rates next week to slow down an economy that may now have grown by as much as 4.5 per cent or 5 per cent in the second quarter.
Take-up of the basic rate service has been slow and, until recently, there were very few ISDN products on the market.
Stock prices extended their recent gains in unusually slow trading related to the observances of Columbus Day and Yom Kippur.
And there are few signs that the pace will slow this month.
There is also grumbling about slow paper work, and there are reports of smuggling.
Still, a slow stock market is slow for everyone.
Still, a slow stock market is slow for everyone.
But new forecasts of wetter-than-normal conditions in the Midwest over the new six to 10 days pushed soybean and corn futures prices higher because it may slow harvesting.
But converts to the bullish view are slow in coming.
Canada's telecommunications-equipment maker is encountering the same problem that AT&T has found in the U.S. equipment market: slow growth.
Banks are slow in shrinking their margins because of increased consumer delinquency rates and lower outstanding credit card balances.
Nevertheless, most believe that the boom will soon slow.
Instead of depressing the dollar to correct the trade deficit, Mr. Hagens favors restraints on domestic demand to slow imports.
Analysts attribute the slow sales to fewer jobs and less income and anxiety over the Persian Gulf crisis.
It is only New York's performance, against a background of slow growth, trade squabbles and start-ling political disillusion, which is now arousing fears of a new bubble, which could burst as it did in 1987.
Fighting inflation is Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's No. 1 economic priority and her Conservative government has increased interest rates to 15 percent to try an slow down demand.
However, there is little expectation that the notoriously slow justice system will follow up with a jail sentence. Collor is even hoping to regain his political rights, which were stripped for eight years.
This poses a sizable challenge for supermarkets and food companies, and threatens to slow some of the industry's most pervasive marketing trends.
Economists and bankers agree that the recent dizzying rise of property prices in Britain is about to slow down or even stall, but they don't all agree on what that means for the economy.
Two of the other "little dragons" _ Taiwan and South Korea _ show promise for furthering what Mushkat calls "the slow and painful process" of democratic change in Asia, which has a long history of authoritarian rule.
Sales in the $46 billion U.S. soft-drink market, dominated by Coke and Pepsi, were slow in the fourth quarter, with analysts estimating volume growth of 2% to 3%.
Analysts see falling mortgage rates leading to continued but slow growth in the housing industry for the remainder of the year, similar to that projected by the leading indicators for the overall economy.
Signs of slow recovery in the fall of 1980 didn't help Carter.
However, with companies slow to implement use the sort of painful measures taken by Japan's western counterparts - notably in relation to workforce levels - any earnings recovery may take longer than most Japanese executives hope.
Mr Michael Robarts, of Fleming Investment Management, argues that designation not only offers little protection to clients but will also slow down the settlement process, raising costs for everyone and increasing risks.
For more than a year, economists have been expecting consumers to start worrying about economic head winds, slow their spending and begin paying off some of their debts.

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