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lower

B2 verb

lower /ˈloʊ.ɚ/ nghĩa là hạ xuống, thả xuống

Các nghĩa

  1. hạ xuống, thả xuống

    To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.

    transitive

    lower a bucket into a well

    to lower a sail of a boat

    1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.

  2. kéo xuống

    To pull down.

    transitive

    to lower a flag

  3. hạ thấp, giảm chiều cao

    To reduce the height of.

    transitive

    lower a fence or wall

    lower a chimney or turret

  4. hạ thấp (hướng)

    To depress as to direction.

    transitive

    lower the aim of a gun

  5. làm thấp xuống, hạ thấp

    To make less elevated.

    transitive

    to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

  6. giảm bớt, hạ thấp

    To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.

    transitive

    lower the temperature

    lower one's vitality

    lower distilled liquors

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. hạ nhục, làm nhục

    To bring down; to humble.

    transitive

    lower one's pride

  2. tự hạ mình, làm điều mình cho là kém phẩm giá

    To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

    reflexive

    I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.

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