lowly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈləʊli/    /ˈloʊli/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
    — And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide, Or Circe's hills from the main land divide; Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands, Or the black water of Pomptina stands.
  2. Low in rank or social importance.
    — One common right the great and lowly claims.
  3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
    — Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise. Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.
  4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
    — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.
副词 adv.
  1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
    — Walking through the park, it wasn't quite dark / There was a man sitting on a bench / Out of the crowd as his head lowly bowed
  2. In a low condition; meanly.
  3. At low pitch or volume.
    — These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […]

词形变化

lowlier comparative lowliest superlative more lowly comparative most lowly superlative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
词源 2
From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
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