down
英 [daʊn] 美 [daʊn]

adv.

（坐、倒、躺）下；向下；（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至；

prep.

（从高处）向下；（表示位置）在…的下方；（表示方向）沿着…向下；（表示时间）自…以来

adj.

向下的；沮丧的；计算机或计算机系统停机；（以…）落后于对手的

n.

（鸟的）绒羽；绒毛；软毛；汗毛

vt.

放下；（尤指大口或快速地）喝下；使摔倒；击落（敌机等）

vi.

[常用于祈使句中]下去；下来；卧倒；下降

变形

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

双语释义

adv.(副词)

1. 向下,在下面 from above towards a lower place or position; in a low or lower than usual place or level
2. 由大到小,由强到弱 into a smaller, lower, thinner, weaker, etc., state
3. 往南 in or towards the south
4. 处于低等地位,处于潦倒状态 in or towards a lower or worse condition

prep.(介词)

1. (表示位置)在…的下方; 在…的下端 in a lower place in; downwards by way of
2. (表示时间)自…以来; 持续一段时间 from an earlier to a late point in time
3. (表示方向)沿着…向下; 沿着,顺着; 向…那一端; 朝〔在〕…的下游地区; 朝〔在〕…的南方; 到,去; 从页首开始,向…的底部看 in a lower place, downwards by way of; along; to or at the far end of; in the direction of the current of; for places south of the speaker; to; of a written or printed document—in a direction from the top to the bottom of the page

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]向下的,下行的 directed or going down
2. [P]沮丧的,情绪低落的 sad; in low spirits
3. [P](以…)落后于对手的 behind an opponent (by)
4. [P]完成了的,已处理的 finished; already dealt with

英英释义

down[ daun ]

• n.
  • soft fine feathers

    同义词：down feather

  • (American football) a complete play to advance the football

    "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

  • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

    同义词：John L. H. Down

  • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

    同义词：pile

• v.
  • drink down entirely

    "He downed three martinis before dinner"

    同义词：toss offpopbolt downbelt downpour downdrink downkill

  • eat immoderately

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

    同义词：devourconsumego through

  • bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  • shoot at and force to come down

    同义词：shoot downland

  • 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"

    同义词：knock downcut downpush downpull down

  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

    同义词：polishrefinefine-tune

• adj.
  • 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"

  • becoming progressively lower

    "the down trend in the real estate market"

  • understood perfectly

    "had his algebra problems down"

    同义词：down pat(p)mastered

  • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

    "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

    同义词：downward(a)

  • being put out by a strikeout

    "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

  • lower than previously

    "prices are down"

    同义词：depressed

  • shut

    "the shades were down"

  • not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

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

  • low in spirits

    "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

    同义词：bluedepresseddispiriteddowncastdownhearteddown in the mouthlowlow-spirited

• adv.
  • 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"

    同义词：downwardsdownwarddownwardly

  • 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"

  • paid in cash at time of purchase

    "put ten dollars down on the necklace"

  • from an earlier time

    "the story was passed down from father to son"

  • to a lower intensity

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

  • in an inactive or inoperative state

    "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"

词汇搭配

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
• get down沿…往下走
• go down沿…下来
• jump down顺…向下跳
• look down沿…向下看
• pass down沿着…走下
• ram down把某物沿…塞下
• roll down沿…向下滚
• slide down沿…(表面)下滑
• throw down沿…向下抛
• walk down沿…走
• force down sb's throat强行灌输

～+名词

• down the drain浪费,消失
• down the line完全
• down the street沿街道
• down the wind顺风

词组短语

down on突然意识到

go down下降；平静下来；传下去；被接受

down with打倒；把…拿下

ups and downs n. 沉浮；盛衰；高低

down through在整个…的时间里

right down [口语] , ◎非常，无限 , ◎十足的，地地道道的 , 明明白白地；无隐瞒地

down to the ground彻底地，完全；在一切方面

down and out贫困潦倒的；被击倒不能再战的

down below adv. 在底下

go down with something生(病)，得(病)，患(病)

go down with被接受；染上疾病

down against (股票市场上) 与…相比下跌

get down on something[澳大利亚、新西兰英语](尤指在不需要的时候或抢在别人前面)获得某物

down to the wire等到最后一刻才开始做事，最后关头

have someone down 把某人请来作客(从城市到农村，从河流上游到下游，从北到南等用 down，反之 用 up)

do down欺骗；胜过；说…坏话

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双语例句

用作副词(adv.)

1. Please sit down.
   请坐下。

用作介词(prep.)

1. He is walking down the seaside.
   他正沿海边走去。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. I've been feeling down since I lost my job.
   自从失去工作後,我的情绪一直处於低潮。
2. She's terribly down on people who don't do things her way.
   她对不按她的要求做事的人十分不满。

用作名词(n.)

1. A quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck.
   这条被子是用绒鸭毛做芯子的。

用作动词(v.)

1. Antiaircraft guns downed three bombers.
   高射炮击落了三架轰炸机。
2. He downed his opponent with a quick right to the jaw.
   他迅速准确击中对手的下颌而把他击倒。
3. The Dodgers downed the Mets in last night's game.
   在昨晚比赛中道杰斯队击败了梅兹队。
4. Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.
   有些人一顿饭就可以吞吃许多肉。
5. I don't think her regret will down.
   我认为她的悔恨不会消除。

权威例句

Frequent deletions and down-regulation of micro- RNA genes miR15 and miR16 at 13q14 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Fishing Down Marine Food Webs
Dynamic predictions: oscillations and synchrony in top-down processing.
Knocking down barriers: advances in siRNA delivery.
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet Package
1998. Fishing down marine food webs. Science 279: 860-863.
Gadd153 sensitizes cells to endoplasmic reticulum stress by down-regulating Bcl2 and perturbing the cellular redox state
A Theory of Trickle-Down Growth and Development
Top-down and bottom-up forces in foodwebs: do plants have primacy?
Looking at upside-down faces.