English Dictionary

lowering

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlaʊərɪŋ/

形容詞

空・環境

(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing. / That lowers or frowns. / Lurking, skulking, menacing.

日本語の意味

（空や環境の様子として）暗く、不穏な雰囲気がある / （顔などが）しかめっ面をする、陰鬱な印象を与える / 潜んでいて、うろつくような、威圧感を感じさせる

We hurried home under the lowering sky, sensing the storm's approach.

私たちは暗く不気味な空の下を急いで家へ向かい、嵐が近づいているのを感じた。

意味（1）

(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.

The morning had been intensely hot, with but little wind; and the lowering gloomy aspect of the clouds appeared to indicate the approach of one of those sudden gales peculiar to tropical climates, and which, although of short duration, are generally productive of mischief.

意味（2）

That lowers or frowns.

One glance sufficed to identify the intruder, for none but he could boast of such a dark, lowering countenance ; and all exclaimed in mingled wonder and terror at his unwonted presence in those sunlit regions:

意味（3）

Lurking, skulking, menacing.

Klimov put on his greatcoat mechanically and left the train, and he felt as though it were not himself walking, but some one else, a stranger, and he felt that he was accompanied by the heat of the train, his thirst, and the ominous, lowering figures which all night long had prevented his sleeping.

more lowering （ comparative ）

most lowering （ superlative ）