down 中文
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EN Down
- 名词 (Noun)PLdownsPREdown-
- (archaic except in place-names) Hill, rolling grassland.
- Churchill Downs, Upson Downs (from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis).
- (chiefly in the plural) Field, especially for racing.
- (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- A negative aspect; a downer.
- I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- (dated) A grudge (on someone).
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
- (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- She lives in a two-up two-down.
- Down payment.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (archaic except in place-names) Hill, rolling grassland.
- 动词 (Verb)SGdownsPRdowningPT, PPdowned
- (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- He downed an ale and ordered another.
- (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
- The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
- (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
- He downed two balls on the break.
- (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.
- He downed it at the seven-yard line.
- (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- 形容词 (Adjective)COMmore downSUPmost down
- Depressed, feeling low.
- So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!
- On a lower level than before.
- The stock market is down.
- Prices are down.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play.
- He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
- At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.
- (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
- (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
- Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
- (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?
- As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Jack.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- The system is down.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
- Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
- We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
- There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- We have a chopper down near the river.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
- It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
- (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
- a down denial
- Depressed, feeling low.
- 副词 (Adverb)COMmore downSUPmost down
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- The cat jumped down from the table.
- (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
- His place is farther down the road.
- The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.
- South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- I went down to Miami for a conference.
- (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
- He went down to Cavan. down on the farm; down country
- Into a state of non-operation.
- The computer has been shut down. They closed the shop down. The up escalator is down.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.
- After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.
- (rail transport) The direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Down, boy! ( such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs. )
- (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
- He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
- to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions
- From less to greater detail.
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
- (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
- They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.
- He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture. He sat waiting./He sat down and waited.
- (in crosswords) An answer which reads vertically.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- 介系词 (Preposition)
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- 用于句中
- Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.
- Believe me, if you give it a little welly down a twisty B-road this car feels pretty entertaining
- Rodney's not here; after the shootout, he went down and won't be back for at least a year.
- 用于句尾
- If you plan to teach this material to children, you may need to water it down.
- As the lights dimmed the general noise quietened down.
- The king sent word to his enemy that he would not back down.
- 用于句中
Definition of down in English Dictionary
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