slow

• adj.遅い；減速する；遅れる
• vi. 減速する；落ち込む
• vt.速度を落とす；妨げる
• adv.ゆっくり；のろのろ
• n. （ゆっくり）人の名前；（英）Slowe

中英語のslowから、古英語のslaw, lazy, listless, slowから、原語ゲルマン語*slaiwaz, spiritless, weakから、PIE*sleu, spiritless, weak, listlessから、語源的にはslack, sluggardと同じ。

slow

slow: [OE] The etymological notion underlying slow is ‘dullness, sluggishness’; ‘lack of speed’ is a secondary development. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sl?waz, which also produced Swedish sl? and Danish sl?v ‘dull, blunt’. The original idea of ‘sluggishness’ is better preserved in the derivative sloth [12] (etymologically ‘slow-ness’).
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slow (adj.)

Old English slaw "inactive, sluggish, torpid, lazy," also "not clever," from Proto-Germanic *sl?waz (cognates: Old Saxon sleu "blunt, dull," Middle Dutch slee, Dutch sleeuw "sour, tart, blunt," Old High German sleo "blunt, dull," Old Norse sljor, Danish sl?v, Swedish sl? "blunt, dull"). Meaning "taking a long time" is attested from early 13c. Meaning "dull, tedious" is from 1841. As an adverb c. 1500. The slows "imaginary disease to account for lethargy" is from 1843.

slow (v.)

1550s, "make slower;" 1590s, "go slower," from slow (adj.). Related: Slowed; slowing. Old English had slawian (intransitive) "to be or become slow, be sluggish," but the modern use appears to be a 16c. re-formation.

1. The slow -worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.

ヘビトカゲは実はヘビではなく、足のないトカゲだった。

2.Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas？

なぜ大人はいつも生真面目で、良いアイデアに反応するのが遅いのだろうか。

3.The lorry was travelling at 20 mph in the slow lane.

トラックは徐行車線を時速20マイルで走行している。

4.He topped her glass up after complaining she was a slow drinker.

彼は彼女が飲むのが遅すぎると文句を言い、すぐにコップをいっぱいにした。

5.The Board had been slow to render its verdict.

取締役会は遅々として決定を下すことができなかった。