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low

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ləʊ/

Adjective

of a ball especially in biology in several set phrases archaic of an automobile

Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

Japanese Meaning

低地の、または海面に近い地域に位置する（特に海岸近くの）地域に関する

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She spoke the low dialect of the bay, a variety that developed in communities closer to sea level.

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彼女は湾の沿岸方言を話していた。これは海抜の低い地域の共同体で発達した変種だ。

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Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

the low countries

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Sense（2）

(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.

the pitch (or: the ball) was low

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Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

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Low-cut.

Again, observe the unmeaningness of the low neck fashion. Our mothers wore low dresses and bare arms all day long; they knew if their shoulders and arms were beautiful they would look as well by daylight as by candlelight; […]

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Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)

low birth

low rank

the low officials of the bureaucracy

low-quality fabric

playing low tricks on them

a person of low mind

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Humble, meek, not haughty.

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Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.

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Being a nadir, a bottom.

the low point in her career

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Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

low spirits

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Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

a low pulse

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Dead. (Compare lay low.)

And wilt thou weep when I am low?

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Sense（12）

diets low in vitamin A

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Sense（13）

Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.

running low on cash

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(especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.

low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms

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(chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

Among them there was none more low, more pious, more sincere, or more given to interference. To teach Mr. Worth his duty as a parish clergyman was evidently a necessity to such a bishop.

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(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

the low northern latitudes

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(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

The note was too low for her to sing.

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Quiet; soft; not loud.

They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.

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(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.

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