詳盡釋義

下

下降，降

向下，向樓下

在下面

向南方

在南方

減少，減弱，由大到小

放下

變差

立即付現

倒下，病倒

減退

低落

沿著

在下游

往下方

沿著...往下， 順（流）而下

進市區，到商業區

在市區，在商業區

自...以上

在...那邊，在...另一頭

<英口>到，去

在…下方

在…盡頭

往…的下游

下行的，向下的

沮喪的，心灰意懶的，情緒低落的

<口>已完成的

不在工作的

第一期的

沿海的

河口地方的

向南開的

現付的

落后（于對手）的

悲哀的

絨毛，柔毛，汗毛，絨羽，軟毛，鴨絨

下降，下行

蕭條

<口>怨恨，厭惡

崗，丘，山丘，開闊的高地

下位

倒霉，潦倒 ，落魄，失意

咽下，喝下，吞下

擊倒，打倒，使倒下

下降

<美>打敗

打下，擊落

使屈服

扔下，丟下

平息

忘掉

砍倒

潦倒

放下

下去，下來

撞倒

把…壓下去

將某人扔在地上

中文詞源

down向下

來自古英語dun, 山地，山丘，堡壘，詞源同downs, town. 進一步來自PIE*dheue, 關閉，圍，圈住，居住地，詞源同dune, town. 詞義由山上過渡到下山，在16世紀開始做為副詞使用，這種詞義演變在所有日耳曼語系同源詞中僅發生在英語。

down絨羽

來自PIE*dheu, 塵土，漂浮，詞源同dust. 用來指絨羽或絨毛。

詞組搭配

Black Hawk Down黑鷹墜落；黑鷹計劃；鷹墜落；黑鷹降落

top-down自上而下；自頂向下；由上而下；自頂而下

set down放下；記下；登記；寫下

down payment首期；頭期款；預付金

knock down撞倒；擊倒；拆除；擊落

let down使失望；放下；不支持

Down syndrome唐氏綜合癥；唐氏癥；唐氏綜合征；綜合征

cut down削減；縮短；減少；降低

put down記下；放下；殺死

雙語例句

1. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.

漢她重振旗鼓去開創自己的事業了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down.

漢當有人覺得情緒低落時，要努力相互打氣。

來自柯林斯例句

3. One of the office girls was down with the flu.

漢一位女職員得了流感。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.

漢如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。

來自柯林斯例句

5. These will be very constrained budgets designed to get the deficit down.

漢這些預算旨在減少赤字，將會大大受限。

來自柯林斯例句

英英釋義

1. soft fine feathers

2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football;

"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

3. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

1. drink down entirely;

"He downed three martinis before dinner"

"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"

"They popped a few beer after work"

2. eat immoderately;

"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

3. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

4. shoot at and force to come down;

"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

5. cause to come or go down;

"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"

"The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;

"refine one's style of writing"

1. being or moving lower in position or less in some value;

"lay face down"

"the moon is down"

"our team is down by a run"

"down by a pawn"

"the stock market is down today"

2. becoming progressively lower;

"the down trend in the real estate market"

3. understood perfectly;

"had his algebra problems down"

4. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;

"the down staircase"

"the downward course of the stream"

5. out;

"two down in the last of the ninth"

6. lower than previously;

"the market is depressed"

"prices are down"

7. shut;

"the shades were down"

8. cut down;

"the tree is down"

9. not functioning (temporarily or permanently);

"we can't work because the computer is down"

10. low in spirits;

"lonely and blue in a strange city"

"depressed by the loss of his job"

"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"

"downcast after his defeat"

"feeling discouraged and downhearted"

11. the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase;

"the down payment"

"a payment of $200 down"

1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

"don't fall down"

"rode the lift up and skied down"

"prices plunged downward"

2. away from a more central or a more northerly place;

"was sent down to work at the regional office"

"worked down on the farm"

"came down for the wedding"

"flew down to Florida"

3. paid in cash at time of purchase;

"put ten dollars down on the necklace"

4. from an earlier time;

"the story was passed down from father to son"

5. to a lower intensity;

"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

6. in an inactive or inoperative state;

"the factory went down during the strike"

"the computer went down again"