lowerの意味・使い方・発音

lower

英 ['ləʊə] 美 ['loɚ]

より低い、より低い

lowの比較から。

lower 空が暗くなった、陰鬱になった

lourのスペル変化から。

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.: 冷水中の生物の基礎代謝速度は非常に低い。

3.Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.: 各社は生活費の安い町に職場を移している。

＜dl>＜dt＞4.He comes from a completely uncultured， lower middle-class family.

彼は中下階層の文化のない家庭から来た。

5.Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower -paid part-time workers.: 賃金の安いパートタイム労働者を雇用することで支出を削減する企業が多い。