The tortoise won the race, even though he went at a slow pace.
go-slown
UK (law: deliberate slowing of production)
rallentamento volontario della produzione nm
sciopero bianco nm
go-slow protestn
UK (type of protest) (con rallentamento)
sciopero di rendimento nm
Nota: A type of protest whereby a group deliberately drives slowly, such as through a city.
in slow motionadv
(at slowed-down speed)
al rallentatore, alla moviola, al ralenti loc avv
He replayed the video in slow motion. We watched it again in slow motion to see when exactly the player was fouled.
Ha fatto rivedere il video al rallentatore. Lo abbiamo riguardato un'altra volta con la moviola per vedere quando esattamente il giocatore ha subito il fallo.
loris, slow lorisn
(Southeast Asian lemur) (animale)
loris nm
slow burnn
figurative (gradual building up of anger)
rabbia che cresce lentamente nf
slow but steadyadj
(progress: gradual but regular)
lento ma costante agg
slow cookern
(pot that cooks food slowly at low temperature)
pentola a cottura lenta
slow learnern
(person who learns slowly)
lento a imparare loc agg
chi impara lentamente loc nom
slow loris
(animal)
loris lento nm
slow motionn
(cinema: slower than in reality) (effetto cinematografico)
slow motion loc agg
The filmmaker used slow motion to show the beauty in everyday movement.
Il regista ha utilizzato l'effetto slow motion per sottolineare la bellezza dei gesti quotidiani.
rallentatore nm
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slow on the uptakeadj
figurative, informal (person: slow to understand)
duro di comprendonio loc agg
A couple of the new students are a bit slow on the uptake.
slow release, slow-releasen as adj
(drug: gradual effect)
a lento rilascio loc agg
Nota: hyphen is used when adj comes before the noun it modifies
Take the slow-release morphine pills as prescribed, every morning and evening.
slow release, slow-releasen as adj
(food: gradual energy)
a lento rilascio loc agg
Slow-release carbohydrates have less impact on blood-sugar levels.
slow songn
(romantic pop song) (musica)
lento nm
slow toprep
(sluggish or reluctant to)
lento a
He was slow to understand what I really meant.
slow wave
(physiology)
onda lenta nf
slow-actingadj
(drug, insulin)
ad azione lenta loc agg
ad azione ritardata loc agg
slow-burningadj
(fuel: taking a long time to burn)
a combustione lenta loc agg
slow-burningadj
figurative (emotion: taking time to build) (figurato: sentimento, emozione)
che cresce lentamente, che matura lentamente, che si sviluppa lentamente
(figurato: sentimento, emozione)
a lenta maturazione loc agg
slow-burningadj
figurative (story: taking time to develop) (romanzo, racconto)