lowdown英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

inside information, the story or truth. uncountable

— All the reporters hoped to be the first to get the lowdown on the celebrity's marriage plans.
A lowlife, a despicable person. uncountable

形容词 adj.

Unfair; scoundrelly; shameful.

— lowdown tactics
seedy, sketchy, disreputable

— So there I was, in the front row of course (it was my reportorial duty), with a bunch of gay men and straight women. And we're all involved in a lowdown — but eminently "Safe" — celebration of the erotic possibilities of the male body.
down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.

副词 adv.

Unfairly; dishonourably; in a deceitful or mean manner.

— “I say, that’s playing it a bit low down,” I protested.

词形变化

low-down alternative low down alternative more lowdown comparative most lowdown superlative low-down alternative low down alternative more lowdown comparative most lowdown superlative low-down alternative low down alternative

词源

词源 1

Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.

词源 2

Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.

词源 3

Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.