low

/loʊ/

意味: 低さ、低水準

例文: Kai hit a new emotional low last Tuesday.
　　  カイは先週の火曜日に新たな精神的どん底を迎えた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: low price(低価格), low level(低レベル), low voice(低い声)

定義: 低い、少ない、または下の位置にあることを意味します。物の高さや量が少ない場合に使います。たとえば、山が低い、声が低い、価格が低いなどの状況で使われます。

lowは約5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

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: 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。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Noun: British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
Noun: a low level or position or degree
Noun: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Verb: make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
Adjective: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Adjective: literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
Adjective: very low in volume
Adjective: unrefined in character
Adjective: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
Adjective: of the most contemptible kind
Adjective: low or inferior in station or quality
Adjective: no longer sufficient
Adjective: subdued or brought low in condition or status
Adjective: filled with melancholy and despondency
Adverb: in a low position; near the ground

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The battery is running low.(バッテリーの残量が少ない。)
She spoke in a low voice.(彼女は小さな声で話した。)
Prices are expected to stay low.(価格は低いままだと予想される。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Noun: the stock market fell to a new low
Adjective: low prices
Adjective: the reservoir is low
Adjective: low ceilings
Adjective: low clouds
Adjective: low hills
Adjective: the sun is low
Adjective: low furniture
Adjective: a low bow
Adjective: a low murmur
Adjective: the low-toned murmur of the surf
Adjective: low comedy
Adjective: abject cowardice
Adjective: a low stunt to pull
Adjective: a low-down sneak
Adjective: his miserable treatment of his family
Adjective: You miserable skunk!
Adjective: a scummy rabble
Adjective: a scurvy trick
Adjective: a humble cottage
Adjective: a lowly parish priest
Adjective: a modest man of the people
Adjective: small beginnings
Adjective: supplies are low
Adjective: our funds are depleted
Adjective: brought low
Adjective: a broken man
Adjective: his broken spirit
Adjective: gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
Adjective: gloomy predictions
Adjective: a gloomy silence
Adjective: took a grim view of the economy
Adjective: the darkening mood
Adjective: lonely and blue in a strange city
Adjective: depressed by the loss of his job
Adjective: a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
Adjective: downcast after his defeat
Adjective: feeling discouraged and downhearted
Adverb: the branches hung low

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): David Low, Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low, Sir David Low, abject, blue, broken, crushed, depleted, depressed, depression, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, first, first gear, gloomy, grim, humble, humbled, humiliated, low, low gear, low-down, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, lowly, miserable, modest, moo, scummy, scurvy, small

Antonyms(反意語): high

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): air mass, degree, gear, utter

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): amplitude level, bark, bellow, bite out, bleat, break into, cackle, call, caw, chirr, chorus, churr, cluck, coo, croak, crow, cry, deliver, depth, extreme, first gear, gargle, gearset, gibber, give, gobble, grind, groan, grumble, grunt, gurgle, haw, heave, hee-haw, hem, high, high gear, highness, hiss, honk, hoot, howl, immoderation, intensity, lift, low, lowness, meow, mew, miaou, moderation, moo, nasale, neigh, pant, park, peep, quack, quality, repeat, reverse, second gear, shoot, shout, sibilate, sigh, sing, smack, snort, spit, sputter, squeal, steering gear, sun protection factor, third gear, transmission, troat, trumpet, tsk, volley, wolf-whistle

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: dispiritedness, downheartedness, gloominess, humbleness, low-spiritedness, lowness, moo

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun
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4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: