释义 |
downness rare.|ˈdaʊnnɪs| [f. down a. + -ness.] The fact or condition of being down; lowness.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xx. 150 Rightness and leftness, upness and downness, are again pure sensations differing specifically from each other, and generically from everything else. 1927Scots Observer 1 Oct. 2/2 A friend who positively finds his happiness in responding to human downness. |