lowering

/ˈlaʊə.rɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈlaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlau̇-(ə-)riŋ ˈlō-/ (ame, mw)

lowering — adjective

  • loweringpositive
  • more loweringcomparative
  • most loweringsuperlative

1. said of a sky that is filled with heavy, dark clouds and appears ready to releas

1.形容詞C1
釋義

said of a sky that is filled with heavy, dark clouds and appears ready to release a storm or heavy rain

例句

The lowering sky made Theo decide to take a different route home through the covered market.

lowering + noun (sky) — adjective before noun

Marta watched the lowering clouds gather above the old harbour while the seagulls fell silent.

同義詞
  • dark

    neutral term for little or no light, less specific to weather

  • gloomy

    suggests a depressing atmosphere; can describe mood as well as weather

  • threatening

    directly implies danger or harm; broader in use

  • overcast

    neutral term for cloud cover, without the menacing nuance that lowering carries

反義詞
  • bright

    describes a sky full of sunlight, opposite of dark and threatening

  • clear

    describes a sky without clouds, opposite of lowering

  • sunny

    describes weather with strong sunshine, opposite of stormy gloom

文法句型

lowering + noun (sky, clouds, weather)

用法筆記

This sense is literary or formal. It appears almost exclusively before a noun (lowering sky, lowering clouds) rather than after a linking verb. Do not confuse with the present participle of lower (to let down or make lower).

常見錯誤

❌The plane is lowering towards the runway.
✅The plane is descending towards the runway.
💡lowering as an adjective does not mean 'moving downward'; the verb lower has that meaning.