橘子朗文词典

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [daʊn]
  • 美式音标 [daʊn]
  • 国际音标 [daun]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adv. 向下；在下面；（坐、躺）下；下降；（数量、力量等）减少；由上至下；向（或在）南方；（写）在纸上；（列）在表格上；（写）在纸上；失去（钱数）；预付；已完成数量（或进度）；到；往楼下；在较不重要之处；离开首都（或重要城市）；从纵向读；由浓变淡；由多到少；由复杂到简单；从先到后；由好到坏；以（特定的量）输掉
  • adj. 情绪低落的；停止运行的；在附近的；固定在表面的；下行的；故障的；赞同的；处于低水平的；落后的；以后的；吞下的；完成的
  • n. 羽绒；汗毛；丘陵；（美式足球）十码进攻；不快乐
  • prep. 往下；沿着；贯穿……时间；向……的下游；在……的那一端；……以来
  • v. （一下子）喝下，吃下；击倒
  • n. (Down) （美）唐（人名）

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的ofdune，意为下面。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    downward：向下的，下降的。
    downy：柔和的；绒毛的；多丘岗的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    downward：向下。

英汉例句

    用作副词 (adv.)

  • The man bent down to kiss the child.
    那男人俯下身子去亲吻小孩。

    • 用作介词 (prep.)

  • Their house is down the hill.
    他们的房子在山下。

    • 用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • Cast a down look!
    向下看!

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • We felt very down after the party was over .
    舞会结束后我们甚感沮丧。

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • He felt down about his failure.
    他对自己的失败感到沮丧。

    • S+be+～+that-clause

  • He was so down that he didn't want to live any longer.
    他情绪低落以至于不想活了。

词组短语

    用作介词 (prep.)

    动词+～

  • belt down 在…上迅速移动
  • cast down 把…投向…
  • draw down 沿着…向下拉
  • drive down 沿着…向下开
  • flow down 沿着…向下流

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (LOWER POSITION) in or towards a low or lower position, from a higher one
  • (LOWER LEVEL) in or towards a lower level, a smaller amount, or a simpler state
  • (DESTROY) If you burn, cut, or knock something or someone down, you cause it, him, or her to fall to the ground, usually damaged, destroyed, or injured.
  • (IN WRITING) in writing or on paper
  • (FAR) used, especially with prepositions, to emphasize that a place is at some distance from you or from somewhere considered to be central
  • (OLDER TO YOUNGER) from an older person to a younger one
  • (EATING) inside your stomach
  • (MONEY) at the time of buying
  • (LOWER POSITION) in or towards a low or lower position, from a higher one
  • (ALONG) along
  • (TO) to
  • (LOWER POSITION) to cause something or someone to fall to the ground
  • (EAT) to eat or drink something quickly
  • (DEFEAT) to defeat someone, especially in sport
  • (UNHAPPY) unhappy; unable to feel excited or energetic about anything
  • (NOT IN OPERATION) (of a system or machine, especially a computer) not in operation or not working, usually only for a limited period of time
  • (FEATHERS) small soft feathers, especially those from a young bird
  • (DISLIKE) to dislike someone, often unfairly

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go toward the ground or to a lower level.
  • Down is also an adverb.
  • If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.
  • Down is also an adverb.
  • If you go or look down something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are down a road or river, you are somewhere along it.
  • You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is toward the ground or toward a lower level.
  • If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.
  • If an amount of something goes down, it decreases. If an amount of something is down, it has decreased and is at a lower level than it was.
  • Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person.
  • If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.
  • If someone or something is down for a particular thing, it has been arranged that they will do that thing, or that thing will happen.
  • If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it.
  • &rarrsee also put down
  • If people shout "down with" something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them.
  • up and down&rarrsee up
  • If you are feeling down, you are feeling unhappy or depressed.
  • If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper.
  • If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working. Compare up.
  • If you say that someone downs food or a drink, you mean that they eat or drink it.
  • If something or someone is downed, they fall to the ground because they have been hurt or damaged in some way.
  • Down consists of the small, soft feathers on young birds. Down is used to make bed-covers and pillows.
  • Down is very fine hair.
  • one of a maximum of four consecutive attempts by one team to advance the ball a total of at least ten yards
  • a hill, esp a sand dune &rarrsee also downs

专业释义

    经济学

  • (购买时)以现付形式，付现金地，付现(款)地；付定金地
  • (购买或交货时)付现(金)的，兑现的；初付的，定金的

    • 交通运输工程

  • (转舵)向下风；顺风地
  • 由此下楼

    • 语言学

  • 下

    "Up/down", "big/small" is of the two common spatial concepts in our daily life.
    “上／下”、“大／小”是我们日常生活中最常见的两个空间概念。

    生物学

  • 绒毛
  • 短茸毛
  • 短绒毛

    • 体育

  • 轻击球入穴的
  • (比分、成绩、击数、局数等)落后(于对手)的
  • 成死球的
  • 出局的

    • 地球科学

  • 开阔高地
  • 开阔的高地

    • 纺织科学技术

  • 羽绒

    • 计算机科学技术

  • 向下
  • 下
  • 停机
  • 当机

    • 电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 向下
  • 降下
  • 下行