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1 slow
[sləu] 1. adjective1) (not fast; not moving quickly; taking a long time: a slow train; The service at that restaurant is very slow; He was very slow to offer help.) počasen2) ((of a clock etc) showing a time earlier than the actual time; behind in time: My watch is five minutes slow.) zaostajati3) (not clever; not quick at learning: He's particularly slow at arithmetic.) počasen2. verb(to make, or become slower: The car slowed to take the corner.) upočasniti- slowly- slowness
- slow motion
- slow down/up* * *[slóu]1.adjective ( slowly adverb)počasen (of, in v, pri), len; malo inteligenten, ki težko in počasi umeva; topoglav; zastajajoč (o uri), netočen; slaboten (ogenj); nemaren; nepripravljen, nerad, nenaklonjen; oklevajoč; nenapreden, zaostal, zastarel; slab, ki stagnira (kupčije); dolgotrajen, dolgočasen (o zabavi); slang moreč; postopen, dolgo časa delujoč; ki ne dopušča hitrega premikanja, mehek (o zemljišču)this is very slow — to ni prav nič zabavno, to je dolgočasnoto be slow to do — z nevoljo, nerad, proti svoji volji delatihe was slow to see the point — težko je razumel, za kaj greslow and steady wins the race figuratively vztrajnost, čeprav počasna, zmagujemy watch is 3 minutes slow — moja ura zaostaja ʌ minute;2.adverbpočasislow! — vozite počasi!read slower! — čitaj(te) počasneje!my watch goes slow — moja ura zaostaja;3.transitive verb & intransitive verb (večinoma slow down, slow off, slow up) zmanjšati (čemu) hitrost; počasneje hoditi ali voziti; zavlačevati, odlašati, zadrževati;4.noun(cricket)počasna žoga -
2 slow down/up
(to make or become slower: The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.) upočasniti -
3 slow motion
(movement which is slower than normal or actual movement especially as a special effect in films: Let's watch it, in slow motion.) počasen posnetek -
4 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) hitre/ počasne pameti -
5 slow time
[slóutaim]nounmilitary počasen tempo hoje (British English 7ɜ korakov na minuto) -
6 slow train
[slóutrein]nounpotniški (osebni) vlak -
7 slow-burning stove
[slóubə:nislow-burning stove stóuv]nounpočasi goreča peč -
8 slow-coach
[slóukouč]nounfiguratively počasen (len, neodločen, cincarski, dolgočasen) človek -
9 slow-down
[slóudaun]nounopočasnjenje, zadrž(ev)anje -
10 slow-match
[slóumæč]nounvžigalna vrvica; stenj, ki počasi gori -
11 slow-motion picture
[slóumoušən píkčə]nouns časovno lupo posnet film -
12 slow-witted
[slóuwitid]adjectiveki težko umeva (pojmuje, dojema, razume), topoglav -
13 slow-worm
[slóuwə:m]nounslepec (kača) -
14 go-slow
[góuslou]nounnamerno zavlačevanje -
15 snail-slow
[snéilslou]adjectivepočasen kot polž -
16 go slow
((of workers in a factory etc) to work less quickly than usual, eg as a form of protest.) delati počasi -
17 drawl
[dro:l] 1. verb(to speak or say in a slow, lazy manner: He drawled his words in an irritating manner.) vleči besede2. noun(a slow, lazy manner of speaking: She spoke in a drawl.) počasno govorjenje* * *[drɔ:l]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbvleči besede, leno govoriti;2.nounpočasno govorjenje -
18 speech
[spi: ]1) ((the act of) saying words, or the ability to say words: Speech is one method of communication between people.) govor2) (the words said: His speech is full of colloquialisms.) govor3) (manner or way of speaking: His speech is very slow.) način govorjenja4) (a formal talk given to a meeting etc: parliamentary speeches.) govor•- speechlessly
- speechlessness* * *[spi:č]noungovor, nagovor; govorjenje; kar je rečeno; sposobnost govora, govorniška umetnost; pogovor, konverzacija; jezik, dialekt; music zvok, ton (instrumenta)to have a speech of s.o. — pogovarjati se s kom -
19 tortoise
['to:təs](a kind of four-footed, slow-moving reptile covered with a hard shell.) želva* * *[tɔ:təs]1.nounzoologyžetva; figuratively mečkač, obotavljaveca case of hare and tortoise — primer, v katerem je vztrajnost več vredna kot sposobnost (znanje); počasi, a zanesljivo;2.adjectiveželvasttortoise shell — želvin oklep; želvovina -
20 uptake
- quick- slow on the uptake* * *[ʌpteik]noundviganje; figuratively dojemanje, razumevanje, pojmovanjeto be slow in the uptake — težko dojemati, biti trd (počasne pameti)
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slow — 〈[sloʊ] Adj.; Mus.〉 langsam (zu spielen) (Tonpassagen beim Jazz) [engl., „langsam“] * * * slow [slo :, engl.: sloʊ] <Adv.> [engl. slow = langsam] (Musik): Tempobezeichnung im Jazz, etwa zwischen adagio u. andante. * * * slow [englisch,… … Universal-Lexikon
slow — slow, slowly In current English the normal adverb for general purposes is slowly (We drove slowly down the road / She slowly closed the door). Literary uses of slow as an adverb died out in the 19c • (As the stately vessel glided slow beneath the … Modern English usage