slow

/sləʊ/

意味: 遅くする

例文: ALX-9000 slowed the cake conveyor.
　　  ALX-9000はケーキの搬送を遅らせた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: slow down(速度を落とす), slow process(遅い過程), slow learner(学習が遅い人)

定義: 物事が進むのが遅いことや、動きがゆっくりしていることを指します。時間がかかる、または急いでいない状態を表します。

slowは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: lose velocity; move more slowly
Verb: become slow or slower
Verb: cause to proceed more slowly
Adjective: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Adjective: at a slow tempo
Adjective: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; – Thackeray
Adjective: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Adjective: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; – Edmund Burke; ; – Mark Twain
Adjective: (of business) not active or brisk
Adverb: without speed (`slow’ is sometimes used informally for `slowly’)
Adverb: of timepieces

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The turtle moves slow across the garden path.(カメは庭の道をゆっくり進む。)
She speaks slow to help me understand better.(彼女は私が理解しやすいようにゆっくり話す。)
The slow internet made the video buffering forever.(遅いインターネットで動画がずっと止まった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The car decelerated
Verb: Production slowed
Verb: The illness slowed him down
Adjective: a slow walker
Adjective: the slow lane of traffic
Adjective: her steps were slow
Adjective: he was slow in reacting to the news
Adjective: slow but steady growth
Adjective: the band played a slow waltz
Adjective: so dense he never understands anything I say to him
Adjective: never met anyone quite so dim
Adjective: although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
Adjective: dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
Adjective: he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
Adjective: worked with the slow students
Adjective: the clock is slow
Adjective: a boring evening with uninteresting people
Adjective: the deadening effect of some routine tasks
Adjective: a dull play
Adjective: his competent but dull performance
Adjective: a ho-hum speaker who couldn’t capture their attention
Adjective: what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
Adjective: tedious days on the train
Adjective: the tiresome chirping of a cricket
Adjective: other people’s dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Adjective: business is dull (or slow)
Adjective: a sluggish market
Adverb: he spoke slowly
Adverb: go easy here–the road is slippery
Adverb: glaciers move tardily
Adverb: please go slow so I can see the sights
Adverb: the clock is almost an hour slow
Adverb: my watch is running behind

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): behind, boring, deadening, decelerate, dense, dim, dull, dumb, easy, ho-hum, irksome, obtuse, retard, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slowly, sluggish, tardily, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

Antonyms(反意語): accelerate, fast, quickly

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): decelerate, decrease, weaken

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abate, attenuate, blur, boil down, break, collapse, de-escalate, decelerate, decline, decrescendo, deflate, delay, depreciate, die down, drop off, dull, dwindle, ease up, fade, loosen, melt, pall, pine away, remit, shorten, shrink, shrivel, slacken, slow, subside, taper, thin out, vanish, wane, weaken, wilt

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bog down, clog, delay, slow

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: boringness, deceleration, denseness, dullness, dumbness, obtuseness, retardation, slack, slowdown, slowing, slowness, sluggishness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, education

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: