lowest

/loh/US // loʊ //UK // (ləʊ) //

最低的,最低,最低限度,最低限度的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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low·er, low·est.
- : situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- : of small extent upward; not high or tall: A low wall surrounds the property.
- : not far above the horizon, as a planet: The moon was low in the sky.
- : lying or being below the general level: low ground.
- : designating or pertaining to regions near sea level, especially near the sea: low countries.
- : bending or passing far downward; deep: a low bow.
- : low-necked; décolleté: The dress she wore was fashionably low.
- : rising but slightly from a surface: a low relief on a frieze.
- : of less than average or normal height or depth, as a liquid or stream: The river is low this time of year.
- : near the first of a series: a low number.
- : ranked near the beginning or bottom on some scale of measurement: a low income bracket.
- : indicating the bottom or the point farthest down: the low point in his creative life.
- : lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak: to feel low and listless.
- : providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet.
- : of small number, amount, degree, force, intensity, etc.: low visibility; a generator with a low output.
- : indicated or represented by a low number: A low latitude is one relatively near the equator.
- : soft: subdued; not loud: a low murmur.
- : Music. produced by relatively slow vibrations, as sounds; grave in pitch.
- : assigning or attributing little worth, value, excellence, or the like: a low estimate of a new book.
- : containing a relatively small amount: a diet low in starches.
- : nearing depletion; not adequately supplied: low on funds; Our stock of towels is low.
- : depressed or dejected: low spirits.
- : far down in the scale of rank or estimation; humble: of low birth.
- : of inferior quality or character: a low grade of fabric; a low type of intellect.
- : lacking in dignity or elevation, as of thought or expression.
- : mean, base, or disreputable: low tricks; low companions.
- : coarse or vulgar: entertainment of a low sort.
- : Boxing. struck or delivered below a contestant's belt.
- : Biology. having a relatively simple structure; not complex in organization.
- : Phonetics. articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue, as the vowels of hat, hut, hot, ought, etc.Compare high.
- : Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft moves at the lowest speed with relation to the speed of the engine crankshaft, used especially for temporarily overcoming the weight or inertia of the vehicle; first: low gear.
- : Baseball. passing the plate at a level below that of the batter's knees: a low curve.
- : Cards. having less value than other cards: a low card.
- : Metallurgy. having a relatively small amount of a specified constituent: low-carbon steel.
- : Chiefly British. holding to Low Church principles and practices.

adv.副词 adverb

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low·er, low·est.
- : in or to a low position, point, degree, etc.: The raiders crouched low in the bushes.
- : near the ground, floor, or base; not aloft: The plane flew low.
- : in or to a humble or abject state: Some live low while others live high. She swore she would bring him low.
- : in or to a condition of depletion, prostration, or death: The gas in the tank is running low.
- : at comparatively small cost; cheaply: to buy something low and sell it high.
- : at or to a low pitch, volume, intensity, etc.: to turn the radio low; lights turned down low.
- : in a low tone; softly: quietly: to speak low.
- : Archaic. far down in time; late.

n.名词 noun

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- : something that is low, as ground or prices: numerous marshy lows in the forest; the recent low in the stock market.
- : Automotive. low gear; first gear.
- : Meteorology. an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone. Compare high.
- : Cards. the lowest trump card.a card of small value, or of lower value than other cards.the lowest score in a game.a player having such a score.
- : a point of deepest decline, vulgarity, etc.: a new low in tastelessness.
- : Slang. a period of intense depression or discomfort, when the effects of a drug have subsided.

Phrases

low blow
low boiling point
low man on the totem pole
low profile
at a low ebb
(low) boiling point
high and low
keep a low profile
lay someone low
lie low

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.shortest

Synonyms

minimum最低限度,最少,最低限度的,最少的 base基础,基地,基层,底层 bottom底部,底层,底,底端 ground地面,地,场地,土地 last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的 least至少,最少,最少的,至少是 littlest最小的,最小的一个,最少的,最年轻的 nethermost阴曹地府,阴暗处,阴曹地府的,阴间 slightest微不足道的,微不足道,最轻微的,最轻微 smallest最小的,最少的,最小的一个,规模最小的 undermost最下面的,最下面,最下方,最下层

Examples

In fact, in a recent study of their users internationally, it was the lowest priority for most.
We kind of reduce things to the lowest common denominator, in some ways for good and in some ways not for good.
Guinea, with 25 percent, recorded the lowest adult literacy rate in the world at that time.
The home care industry, one of the fastest-growing and lowest-paying sectors in the U.S., is over 90% female.
The whole industry is now making its lowest revenues ever, since the RIAA started counting in 1973.
And lifting them carefully one off the other, he took out a deal box that had stood in the lowest stratum.
I cannot call that peculiarly manly, which are the peculiar pursuits of the lowest of our species.
He was a weaver in the lowest circumstances, who raised himself to distinction by close application to science.
Although bordering on the lowest state of destitution—and that is a remarkably low state in London!
"Long bright leaf" is considered the finest, while that known as "Luga" is the poorest and lowest grade of leaf.

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