English Dictionary

slow

/sləʊ/

adj

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed. / Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

The turtle is slow.

意味（1）

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

意味（2）

Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

意味（3）

Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

Hey, don't yell at Homer, just because he's a little slow.

意味（4）

Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.

And even after the emotional cast comes off, we need to be slow about getting deeply involved in a relationship again

意味（5）

(of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.

That clock is slow.

意味（6）

Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

意味（7）

(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.