lower是什么意思

lower

英 ['l???] 美 ['lo?]

lower 降低，更低的

來自low的比較級。

lower 天空變昏暗，變陰沉

來自lour的拼寫變體。

lower (v.1): c. 1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c. 1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn, c. 1200) was in use into the 18c.
lower (v.2): "to look dark and threatening," also lour, Middle English louren, luren "to frown" (early 13c.), "to lurk" (mid-15c.), from Old English *luran or from its cognates, Middle Low German luren, Middle Dutch loeren "lie in wait." Form perhaps assimilated to lower (1). Related: Lowered; lowering.
lower (adj.): c. 1200, lahre, comparative of lah (see low (adj.)).

2. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.: 冷水中生物的基礎代謝速度要低很多。

3. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.: 各公司正在把工作崗位轉移至生活費用較低的城鎮。

4. He comes from a completely uncultured, lower middle-class family.: 他來自中下階層一個根本沒什么文化的家庭。

5. Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers.: 很多企業通過雇用薪金低廉的兼職工人來減少開支。