| 词组 | lowly |
| 释义 | lowly ◊ 'low' Low is used as an adjective or an adverb. Something that is low measures a short distance from the bottom to the top. ...a low brick wall. ...low hills. You also say that something is low when it is very close to the ground. She made a low curtsey. ...a chain hanging in a low loop across the inner arch. You can use low as an adverb to say that something moves close to the ground. For example, you can say 'He bowed low'. I asked him to fly low over the beach. Note that you do not say 'He bowed lowly' or 'I asked him to fly lowly over the beach'. Low also means 'small in amount, value, or degree'. ...workers on low incomes. ...low expectations. Low is not used as an adverb with this meaning, except in front of 'paid'. As with most low paid women's work, it's dull, repetitive and labour intensive. Like the adjective, the adverb low has the comparative and superlative forms lower, lowest. In a series of quick, jerky movements he bent lower and lower. ...the lowest paid workers in the country. ◊ 'lowly' Lowly is an adjective. It is a literary word meaning 'low in rank, status, or importance'. ...a lowly employee. ...his lowly social origins. The comparative and superlative forms of 'lowly' are lowlier and lowliest. |
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