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1. （高度）低的，矮的
Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top.

2. （位置）低的，近地面的，近底部的
If something is low, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something.

3. 水位低的；水浅的
When a river is low, it contains less water than usual.

4. （数量）少的，接近等级下限的
You can use low to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such as in the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as
80.

5. （地位）低微的，低下的
Low is used to describe people who are not considered to be very important because they are near the bottom of a particular scale or system.

6. 低点；最低点
If something reaches a low of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been.

7. （汽车或自行车的排挡）低速的，低挡的
If you drive or ride a bicycle in a low gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly.

8. （质量或标准）低的，差的
If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor.

9. 成分少的；含量低的
If a food or other substance is low in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient.

10. 落后的；后进的
If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as a low achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others.

11. （评论）贬低的，轻蔑的
If you have a low opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them.

12. 消沉的；消极的
You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes.

13. （声音或嗓音）低沉的
If a sound or noise is low, it is deep.

14. 悄声的；轻声的
If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft.

15. （光线）暗淡的，微弱的
A light that is low is not bright or strong.

16. （收音机、烤炉、灯光等调节至）低挡的，低强度的
If a radio, oven, or light is on low, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced.

17. 不足的；短缺的；剩余不多的
If you are low on something or if a supply of it is low, there is not much of it left.

18. 沮丧的；不开心的
If you are low, you are depressed.

19. see also: lower

20. 使衰弱；使病倒
If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.

21. 不露面；不引起注意；保持低调
If you are lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself.

22. to look high and low - see high
low profile - see profile
to be running low - see run

1. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
used to start a car moving

Synonym: first gearfirstlow gear

2. a low level or position or degree

e.g. the stock market fell to a new low

3. an air mass of lower pressure
often brings precipitation

e.g. a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow

Synonym: depression