slow-moving
UK/'sləu'mu:viŋ/US/'slәj'mu:viŋ/
Definitions
adj.
Moving or progressing slowly
行动缓慢的；进展迟缓的
adj.
Selling slowly (of goods or stock)
滞销的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedslowroot
+
movingroot
=slow-moving
slow + moving = 'moving slowly.' Extends to business: slow-moving stock is inventory that sells slowly.
Common Collocations
- 1.slow-moving traffic缓慢的车流
- 2.slow-moving inventory滞销库存
- 3.slow-moving bureaucracy迟缓的官僚体制
Example Sentences
- 1.
We crawled along behind slow-moving traffic for an hour.
- 2.
The store discounted its slow-moving inventory.