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1 low
I 1. [ləu] adjective1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) nizek2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) tih3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) nizek4) (small: a low price.) nizek5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) šibek6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) nizek2. adverb(in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) nizko- lower- lowly
- lowliness
- low-down
- lowland
- lowlander
- lowlands
- low-lying
- low-tech 3. adjectivelow-tech industries/skills.) tehnološko nezahteven- be low on II [ləu] verb(to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) mukati* * *I [lou]adjectivenizek; globok (poklon, izrez obleke); tih, globok (glas); plitev (voda); majhen (hitrost); nizko ležeč; skoraj prazen (posoda); komaj zadosten (zaloga), neizdaten (hrana); podhranjen; slab, slaboten (pulz); razmeroma nov ali mlad; potrt; prezirljiv (mnenje); manj vreden; preprost, primitiven; vulgaren, prostaški (značaj)at the lowest — najmanj, minimalno, po najnižji cenifiguratively at a low ebb — izčrpan (sredstva)low voice — nizek glas, globok glasfiguratively in low water — brez denarja, v škripcuII [lou]adverbnizko, globoko, tiho; economy poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaškoto bring s.o. low — ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti kogato lay low — podreti, ubitito lie low — biti ponižan, slang skrivati se, pritajiti sefiguratively the sands are running low — čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bližaIII [lou]nounprva prestava (avto); meteorology nizek zračni pritisk, depresija; American najnižje stanje, minimumIV [lou]1.nounmukanje;2.intransitive verbmukati -
2 gear
[ɡiə]1) ((usually in plural) a set of toothed wheels which act together to carry motion: a car with automatic gears.) prestava2) (a combination of these wheels, eg in a car: The car is in first gear.) prestava3) (a mechanism used for a particular purpose: an aeroplane's landing-gear.) naprave4) (the things needed for a particular job, sport etc: sports gear.) oprema•- gearbox- gear lever/change/stick* * *I [giə]nountechnical prestava; naprava, orodje, mehanizem; konjska oprava; archaic obleka, noša; nautical ladijska opremalow ( —ali bottom) gear motoring prva brzina, majhna hitrostto throw out of gear — vključiti prosti tek; skaziti, spraviti v neredall one's worldly gear — vse, kar človek ima, vsa imovina, vsa ropotijaII [giə]1.transitive verbokomatati, vpreči; pognati, vključiti (prestavo); prilagoditi; archaic opremiti;2.intransitive verbprilagoditi se; segati eno v drugo
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low-gear — low frequency, low gear, Low German see under ↑frequent, ↑gear and ↑German respectively. • • • Main Entry: ↑low … Useful english dictionary
low gear — ► NOUN ▪ a gear that causes a wheeled vehicle to move slowly … English terms dictionary
low gear — n [U and C] one of a vehicle s ↑gears that you use when you are driving at a slow speed … Dictionary of contemporary English
low gear — noun count or uncount 1. ) any of the GEARS that you use when you are driving slowly or up a hill 2. ) uncount a period of little activity or slow progress … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
low gear — noun the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving • Syn: ↑first gear, ↑first, ↑low • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑car, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
low gear — noun a) The lowest gearing available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle. Usage note: low gear implies the first sense, a low gear implies the second. b) One of the lower gearings available from a gearbox, typically in a motor… … Wiktionary
low gear — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms low gear : singular low gear plural low gears 1) any of the gears that you use when you are driving slowly or up a hill 2) [uncountable] a period of little activity or slow progress … English dictionary
low gear — lowest gear of a vehicle, first gear on the transmission of a vehicle … English contemporary dictionary
low gear — The lowest gear in a transmission, usually called first gear … Dictionary of automotive terms
low gear — noun a gear that causes a wheeled vehicle to move slowly … English new terms dictionary
low gear — noun (C, U) one of a vehicle s gears that you use when you are driving at a slow speed … Longman dictionary of contemporary English