lowest 音标拼音: [l'oəst]
a . 最低的,最底下的,最小的
最低的,最底下的,最小的
lowest 最低 最小
lowest adv 1 :
in the lowest position ;
nearest the ground ; "
the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest "
adj 1 :
lowest in rank or importance ; "
last prize "; "
in last place " [
synonym : {
last }, {
last -
place }, {
lowest }]
Low \
Low \ (
l [=
o ]),
a . [
Compar . {
Lower } (
l [=
o ]"[~
e ]
r );
superl .
{
Lowest }.] [
OE .
low ,
louh ,
lah ,
Icel .
l [=
a ]
gr ;
akin to Sw .
l [*
a ]
g ,
Dan .
lav ,
D .
laag ,
and E .
lie .
See {
Lie }
to be prostrate .]
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1 .
Occupying an inferior position or place ;
not high or elevated ;
depressed in comparison with something else ;
as ,
low ground ;
a low flight .
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2 .
Not rising to the usual height ;
as ,
a man of low stature ;
a low fence .
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3 .
Near the horizon ;
as ,
the sun is low at four o '
clock in winter ,
and six in summer .
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4 .
Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide ;
as ,
low tide .
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5 .
Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount ,
or the ordinary value ;
moderate ;
cheap ;
as ,
the low price of corn ;
low wages .
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6 .
Not loud ;
as ,
a low voice ;
a low sound .
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7 . (
Mus .)
Depressed in the scale of sounds ;
grave ;
as ,
a low pitch ;
a low note .
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8 . (
Phon .)
Made ,
as a vowel ,
with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate ;
as , [
a ^] ([
a ^]
m ),
[
add ] ([
add ]
ll ).
See Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
5 ,
10 ,
11 .
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9 .
Near ,
or not very distant from ,
the equator ;
as ,
in the low northern latitudes .
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10 .
Numerically small ;
as ,
a low number .
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11 .
Wanting strength or animation ;
depressed ;
dejected ;
as ,
low spirits ;
low in spirits .
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12 .
Depressed in condition ;
humble in rank ;
as ,
men of low condition ;
the lower classes .
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Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --
Milton .
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13 .
Mean ;
vulgar ;
base ;
dishonorable ;
as ,
a person of low mind ;
a low trick or stratagem .
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14 .
Not elevated or sublime ;
not exalted in thought or diction ;
as ,
a low comparison .
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In comparison of these divine writers ,
the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull .
--
Felton .
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15 .
Submissive ;
humble . "
Low reverence ." --
Milton .
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16 .
Deficient in vital energy ;
feeble ;
weak ;
as ,
a low pulse ;
made low by sickness .
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17 .
Moderate ;
not intense ;
not inflammatory ;
as ,
low heat ;
a low temperature ;
a low fever .
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18 .
Smaller than is reasonable or probable ;
as ,
a low estimate .
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19 .
Not rich ,
high seasoned ,
or nourishing ;
plain ;
simple ;
as ,
a low diet .
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Note :
Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation ;
as ,
low -
arched ,
low -
browed ,
low -
crowned ,
low -
heeled ,
low -
lying ,
low -
priced ,
low -
roofed ,
low -
toned ,
low -
voiced ,
and the like .
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{
Low Church }.
See {
High Church },
under {
High }.
{
Low Countries },
the Netherlands .
{
Low German }, {
Low Latin },
etc .
See under {
German }, {
Latin },
etc .
{
Low life },
humble life .
{
Low milling },
a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings .
{
Low relief }.
See {
Bas -
relief }.
{
Low side window } (
Arch .),
a peculiar form of window common in medi [
ae ]
val churches ,
and of uncertain use .
Windows of this sort are narrow ,
near the ground ,
and out of the line of the windows ,
and in many different situations in the building .
{
Low spirits },
despondency .
{
Low steam },
steam having a low pressure .
{
Low steel },
steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon ,
and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling .
{
Low Sunday },
the Sunday next after Easter ; --
popularly so called .
{
Low tide },
the farthest ebb of the tide ;
the tide at its lowest point ;
low water .
{
Low water }.
(
a )
The lowest point of the ebb tide ;
a low stage of the in a river ,
lake ,
etc .
(
b ) (
Steam Boiler )
The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler .
{
Low water alarm }
or {
Low water indicator } (
Steam Boiler ),
a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low .
{
Low water mark },
that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest . --
Bouvier .
{
Low wine },
a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol ,
produced by the first distillation of wash ;
the first run of the still ; --
often in the plural .
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lowest ":
bedrock ,
best ,
bottom ,
bottommost ,
cut ,
down ,
earlier ,
few ,
giveaway ,
ground ,
half -
price ,
homely ,
humble ,
humble -
looking ,
humble -
visaged ,
humblest ,
inferior ,
inglorious ,
innocuous ,
least ,
littlest ,
low ,
lower ,
lowermost ,
lowliest ,
lowly ,
marked down ,
mean ,
minim ,
minimum ,
modest ,
nether ,
nethermost ,
plain ,
poor ,
reduced ,
rock -
bottom ,
sacrificial ,
shortest ,
simple ,
slashed ,
slightest ,
small ,
smallest ,
subjacent ,
teachable ,
under ,
undermost ,
undistinguished ,
unimportant ,
unpretentious
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