英和和英

読み方 ひくい

形容詞相当語句

1

Low

用例

• 枝が低く垂れている
  The branches hang low.

• 天低し地狭し
  The heavens are not high enough for me, nor is the earth wide enough for me.
• 低きより高きに登る
  to climb ［mount］ from the low to the high
• 高きに登るは低きよりす
  “He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.”【イディオム・格言的】
• あの学校は程度が低い
  The school is of a low grade.
• 程度の低い学校
  a low-grade school
• 山の低い帽子
  a low-crowned hat
• 中学校の英語は程度が低い
  The English of the middle school is of a low standard.
• 程度を低くする
  to lower the grade―lower the standard
• 調子が低い
  The pitch is low.
• 彼は身分が低い
  He is of a low social position.
• 身分の低い人
  a humble individual
• あの先生は声が低い
  His voice is low
  He speaks in a low voice.
• 低い声で話す
  to talk in a low voice―in a subdued tone
• 声を低くする
  to lower one's voice―drop one's voice―subdue one's voice

2

〈以下特例〉

用例

• あの人は背が低い
  He is short of stature.

• 背の低い人
  a short man
• あの女は鼻が低い
  She has a flat nose.
• 鼻の低い女
  a flat-nosed woman
• あの人は頭が低い
  He is humble―lowly.
• 腰が低い
  He is condescending―civil―polite.
• 来て見れば聞くより低し富士の峯
  It does not come up to my expectations
  It falls short of my expectations.