The number of pages in Xinhua Dictionary: Take the 1988 edition as an example, and the word slow is on the 111th page of the dictionary.

Definition of slow:

1, slow; There's no hurry. As opposed to "urgent".

Source: Madam, those who help themselves are too anxious, and those who help others are too slow. -"Warring States Policy and Health Policy".

2. Delay.

source: if the present husband is slow to help himself, can he be anxious to help others? -"Warring States Policy and Health Policy".

the meaning and source of the word "slow":

slow:

definition: still slow. As opposed to "nervous". Mostly used to describe the atmosphere, situation, etc.

Source: Bing Xin's Return to the South: "When he drafted this telegram, although there were thousands of considerations to ease his words, the hidden anxiety and sadness behind him could not be concealed."

Slow:

Interpretation: Also called "slow". Not fast, slow.

Source: Shu Shun Dian "Straight and warm, broad and chestnut" Tang Kong Yingda Shu: "The upright lose too strict, so they make upright and gentle; Those who are generous are slow, so they are generous and Zhuang Li. "

Slow examples:

1. This place is located in wumeng mountain, northeastern Yunnan. The remaining veins of Wumeng Mountain meander northward, passing through the fruit beads, awns and mountains, and the karst landforms are developed. The Wumeng Mountain, which is thousands of miles away, is somewhat domineering and more graceful.

2. The gentle hillside is inlaid with pink buckwheat fields, and the roadside is paved with green highland barley fields. The fence made of logs leads to the distant virgin forest along the winding dirt road, and Tibetan diaojiao buildings are scattered along the roadside. In the light blue smoke of boiling milk tea, cattle and sheep are hidden from time to time ... The whole atmosphere presents a medieval local meaning.

3. Mangshan Mountain, with gentle relief, high open and empty, high in the middle and low around, deep loess soil layer, good cohesiveness, firmness and compactness, low water permeability, and gurgling rivers around it, is an ideal place to camp.

4. Dashanbao is a unique plateau wetland with gentle slope, wide grassland, dotted with meadows and marshes, abundant water plants and fresh air, which provides an ideal environment for black-necked cranes to overwinter safely.