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slow

/sləʊ/

EN

Adjective: moving, happening, or acting with less speed than normal; not fast. Verb: to reduce speed.

The car was slow going up the steep hill.

Etymology

Slow comes from Old English slāw, meaning 'dull, slack, sluggish', and is related to Old Norse slœr, 'inactive', all stemming from a Proto-Germanic root *slæwaz.

Translations

简体中文
慢的,缓慢的
繁體中文
慢的,緩慢的
日本語
遅い
한국어
느린
Deutsch
langsam
Español
lento
Português
devagar
Français
lent
Català
lent
Tiếng Việt
chậm

Collocations

slow downslow growthslow paceslow cookerslow movement

Synonyms

leisurelyunhurriedgradualdeliberate

Antonyms

fastquickrapidswift

Related Words

sluggishlazycreepingslowerslowly