down

down 基本解释

adv.  向下; 朝下; 在下面; (坐、倒、躺)下; 在较低水平; 下降; 下跌
prep.  (从高处)向下，往下; 沿着; 顺着; 朝着; 贯穿…时间; 遍及…时期
v.  (一下子)喝下，吃下，咽下; 使倒下; 击倒
adj.  悲哀; 沮丧; 情绪低落; 停机; 停止运行
n.  (鸟的)绒羽; 绒毛; 软毛; 汗毛; 进攻分段，10码进攻(球队可向前推进10码持球进攻的四次机会。球队在连续四次进攻中失球或未能推进10码即不能继续)

down 词性变化

复数：downs现在分词：downing过去式：downed第三人称单数：downs过去分词：downed

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down 词组短语

• running down cases
• hunt down
• step-down transformer
• upside-down
• break down
• down market
• down-time
• down stream
• down time
• scale down

down 详细解释

adv.

1. 向下；朝下；在下面
   to or at a lower place or position
   1. She jumped down off the chair.
      她跳下椅子。
   2. He looked down at her.
      他低头看着她。
   3. We watched as the sun went down.
      我们看着夕阳西沉。
   4. She bent down to pick up her glove.
      她俯身去捡手套。
   5. Mary's not down yet (= she is still upstairs) .
      玛丽还没下楼呢。
   6. The baby can't keep any food down (= in her body) .
      这婴儿吃什么吐什么。
2. （坐、倒、躺）下
   from a standing or vertical position to a sitting or horizontal one
   1. Please sit down.
      请坐。
   2. He had to go and lie down for a while.
      他不得不去躺一会儿。
3. 在较低水平；下降；下跌
   at a lower level or rate
   1. Prices have gone down recently.
      最近物价下降了。
   2. We're already two goals down (= the other team has two goals more) .
      我们已落后对方两球。
4. （数量、力量、活动等）减少，减弱，降低
   used to show that the amount or strength of sth is lower, or that there is less activity
   1. Turn the music down!
      把音乐声关小点！
   2. The class settled down and she began the lesson.
      全班安静下来她便开始上课了。
5. 由上至下
   reading from top to bottom, not from side to side
   1. I can't do 3 down.
      我填不出第3个竖行。
6. 向南方；在南方
   to or in the south of a country
   1. They flew down to Texas.
      他们乘飞机南下去得克萨斯了。
   2. Houses are more expensive down south.
      南边的房屋价格要贵些。
7. （写）在纸上；（列）在表格上
   on paper; on a list
   1. Did you get that down?
      你写下来了吗？
   2. I always write everything down.
      我不管什么事情都记下来。
   3. Have you got me down for the trip?
      你把我列入这次旅行的名单了吗？
8. （表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至
   used to show the limits in a range or an order
   1. Everyone will be there, from the Principal down.
      从校长下至每个人都将到场。
9. 失去（钱数）
   having lost the amount of money mentioned
   1. At the end of the day we were £20 down.
      一天下来我们少了20英镑。
10. （钱）先付，预付
    if you pay an amount of money down , you pay that to start with, and the rest later
11. 已完成数量（或进度）
    used to say how far you have got in a list of things you have to do
    1. Well, I've seen six apartments so far. That's six down and four to go!
       好啦，到目前为止我已看了六套公寓房。看完六套还有四套要去看呢！
12. 到，去，在（当地的商店、酒馆等地方）
    to or at a local place such as a shop/store, pub, etc.
    1. I'm just going down to the post office.
       我正要到那边的邮局去。
    2. I saw him down at the shops.
       我刚才看到他在那边的商店里。

prep.

1. （从高处）向下，往下
   from a high or higher point on sth to a lower one
   1. The stone rolled down the hill.
      石头滚下山坡。
   2. Tears ran down her face.
      泪水顺着她的脸庞流下来。
   3. Her hair hung down her back to her waist.
      她的长发披在背上直垂腰际。
2. 沿着；顺着；朝着
   along; towards the direction in which you are facing
   1. He lives just down the street.
      他就住在街那头。
   2. Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights.
      沿着这条路一直走到红绿灯处。
   3. There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
      从这里沿河而下一英里处有座桥。
3. 贯穿…时间；遍及…时期
   all through a period of time
   1. an exhibition of costumes down the ages (= from all periods of history)
      历代服装展览

verb

1. （一下子）喝下，吃下，咽下
   to finish a drink or eat sth quickly
   1. We downed our coffees and left.
      我们一口气喝完咖啡就离开了。
2. 使倒下；击倒
   to force sb/sth down to the ground
   1. to down a plane
      击落一架飞机

adj.

1. 悲哀；沮丧；情绪低落
   sad or depressed
   1. I feel a bit down today.
      我今天有点闷闷不乐。
2. 停机；停止运行
   not working
   1. The system was down all morning.
      系统整个上午都无法运行。

noun

1. （鸟的）绒羽，绒毛
   the very fine soft feathers of a bird
   1. duck down
      鸭绒
2. 绒毛；软毛；汗毛
   fine soft hair
3. 进攻分段，10码进攻（球队可向前推进10码持球进攻的四次机会。球队在连续四次进攻中失球或未能推进10码即不能继续）
   one of a series of four chances to carry the ball forward ten yards that a team is allowed. These series continue until the team loses the ball or fails to go forward ten yards in four downs .

down 习惯用语

adv.

be down to sb

• 是某人的责任；由某人负责
  to be the responsibility of sb
  1. It's down to you to check the door.
     检查门是否关好是你的事。

be down to sb/sth

• 由…引起（或造成）
  to be caused by a particular person or thing
  1. She claimed her problems were down to the media.
     她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。

be down to sth

• 只剩下（一点儿钱）
  to have only a little money left
  1. I'm down to my last dollar.
     我只剩下最后一块钱了。

be/go down with sth

• 患…病；得…病
  to have or catch an illness

down through sth

• 在（相当长的一段）时间内
  during a long period of time
  1. Down through the years this town has seen many changes.
     这些年来这座城市发生了许多变化。

down under

• 到，向，在（澳大利亚和 / 或新西兰）
  to or in Australia and/or New Zealand

down with sb/sth

• 打倒
  used to say that you are opposed to sth, or to a person
  1. The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’
     人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！”

you can't keep a good man down

• 有志者事竟成；决心大的人终有出头之日
  a person who is determined or wants sth very much will succeed

v.

down tools

• 撂下工作；罢工
  to stop work; to go on strike

adj.

hit sb when they're down

• 落井下石；乘人之危
  to continue to hurt sb when they are already defeated

kick sb when they're down

• 落井下石
  to continue to hurt sb when they are already defeated, etc.

be down on your luck

• 因一时不走运而没有钱；穷困潦倒
  to have no money because of a period of bad luck

down in the mouth

• 闷闷不乐；沮丧
  unhappy and depressed

n.

have a down on sb/sth

• 对…评价不好；瞧不起；厌恶
  to have a bad opinion of a person or thing

ups and downs

• 浮沉；兴衰；荣辱
  the mixture of good and bad things in life or in a particular situation or relationship

down 双语例句

1. 1、 We're going down a mountain
   我们正在下山。
2. 2、 A man came down the stairs to meet them
   一名男子下楼来迎接他们。
3. 3、 He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face
   他设法紧紧地攀在了距岩壁顶端40英尺的岩礁上。
4. 4、 The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
   昨晚工会领袖在400码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
5. 5、 She was still looking down at her papers
   她仍低头看着文件。
6. 6、 He bent down and picked up a rock.
   他弯下腰捡起一块石头。
7. 7、 Danny put down his glass
   丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
8. 8、 After two rings I put down the phone
   响了两声后，我放下了电话。
9. 9、 He laid his knife down.
   他放下刀。
10. 10、 They set off at a jog up one street and down another
    他们开始沿着一条又一条的街道慢跑。
11. 11、 Karl looked down the street
    卡尔朝街尾看了看。
12. 12、 She lives a few miles down the road at Burnham.
    她住在伯汉姆，顺着路走几英里远。
13. 13、 I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle
    我从西雅图一路南下到洛杉矶。
14. 14、 I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away
    我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。
15. 15、 People are down the pub, getting drunk
    人们在酒吧，喝得烂醉。
16. 16、 Interest rates came down today
    今天利率下调了。
17. 17、 Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
    过去了13个月，还有24年。
18. 18、 I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
    我是名不折不扣的军人。
19. 19、 The poor man's down to his last £ 3.
    那个可怜的人身上只剩3英镑了。
20. 20、 Any mistakes are entirely down to us
    任何过错全是我们造成的。
21. 21、 Mark had told me that he was down for an interview.
    马克已告诉我他要参加一场面试。
22. 22、 One of the office girls was down with the flu.
    一位女职员得了流感。
23. 23、 He paid 20 percent down.
    他付了20%的钱款。
24. 24、 Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.
    示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
25. 25、 I have been down since the injury happened
    自从受了伤以来我一直很沮丧。
26. 26、 That date wasn't down on our news sheet.
    那个日期没有刊在我们的通讯简报上。
27. 27、 The computer's down again.
    电脑又死机了。
28. 28、 We downed bottles of local wine.
    我们喝了好几瓶本地产的葡萄酒。
29. 29、 Two jet fighters were downed
    两架喷气式战斗机被击落。
30. 30、 The whole plant is covered with fine down.
    整株植物都覆盖着细茸毛。

down 英英释义

noun

1. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
   1. you have four downs to gain ten yards

2. soft fine feathers

   Synonym:    down feather

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

   Synonym:    pile

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

verb

1. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   1. refine one's style of writing

   Synonym:    polishrefinefine-tune

2. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

3. eat immoderately
   1. Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

   Synonym:    devourconsumego through

4. drink down entirely
   1. He downed three martinis before dinner
   2. She killed a bottle of brandy that night
   3. They popped a few beer after work

   Synonym:    toss offpopbolt downbelt downpour downdrink downkill

5. cause to come or go down
   1. The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
   2. The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

   Synonym:    knock downcut downpush downpull down

6. shoot at and force to come down
   1. the enemy landed several of our aircraft

   Synonym:    shoot downland

adj

1. not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
   1. we can't work because the computer is down

2. shut
   1. the shades were down

3. understood perfectly
   1. had his algebra problems down

   Synonym:    down pat(p)mastered

4. being or moving lower in position or less in some value
   1. lay face down
   2. the moon is down
   3. our team is down by a run
   4. down by a pawn
   5. the stock market is down today

adv

1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
   1. don't fall down
   2. rode the lift up and skied down
   3. prices plunged downward

   Synonym:    downwardsdownwarddownwardly

2. away from a more central or a more northerly place
   1. was sent down to work at the regional office
   2. worked down on the farm
   3. came down for the wedding
   4. flew down to Florida

3. paid in cash at time of purchase
   1. put ten dollars down on the necklace

4. in an inactive or inoperative state
   1. the factory went down during the strike
   2. the computer went down again

5. to a lower intensity
   1. he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black

6. from an earlier time
   1. the story was passed down from father to son