| 单词 | descend |
| 释义 | descend (dɪsend ) Word forms: descends , descending , descended 1. verb B2 If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. [formal] Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. [VERB preposition] She descended one flight of stairs. [VERB noun] Synonyms: go down, come down, walk down, move down 2. verb When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them. [literary] An uneasy calm descended on the area. [V + on/upon/over] A reverent hush descended on the multitude. [V on/upon/over n] Synonyms: fall 3. verb If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you. 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money. [VERB + on/upon] Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages. [VERB on/upon noun] 4. verb When night, dusk, or darkness descends, it starts to get dark. [literary] Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky. [VERB] 5. verb If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it. [disapproval] We're not going to descend to such methods. [VERB + to] She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters. [V to n/-ing] 6. verb When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation. [emphasis] He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos. [VERB + into] Collocations: aircraft descends The aircraft descends to the drop altitude (typically only a few metres above the ground). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In reverse, the airspeed indicator will show a decrease in airspeed when the aircraft descends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three seconds later, the aircraft descends through 40 feet at an airspeed of 132 knots. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Men in coveralls, chest-high waders, thick industrial gloves and goggles are harnessed up and descend a ladder into the sewer, watched by figures with oxygen tanks strapped to their backs. Times, Sunday Times One team member must wait while the rest descend a ladder and dig out a buried flag. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Descending the ladder and taking that first symbolic step was not the most significant part. Times, Sunday Times As the group descended a ladder through the secret passage, another aftershock shook the ladder off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The eastbound lanes descend the mountain on one side of a ridge, while the westbound lanes ascend the other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With food and fuel running out, they were finally able to descend the mountain and reach safety. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Driven by hunger, the bears descend the mountain to avoid starvation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can carry 17 people and takes 8 minutes to climb and descend the mountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scenic route makes a hairpin turn to the north and begins to descend the mountain, again a three-lane road but with two lanes westbound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is there a correct side on which to climb or descend a staircase? Times, Sunday Times She would drink at this bar, descend the staircase and smoke on the pavement outside. Times, Sunday Times She emerges and begins to descend the staircase to the party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They spend a lot of time descending a staircase in processions, with zombiefied gestures, nervy moves, in a constant state of agitation. Times, Sunday Times She descended the staircase holding an umbrella and was met by three guys wearing fatigues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths. Globe and Mail Solar balloons can descend rapidly when cooling occurs, making ballast very important. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some instances, these pockets of colder air can descend rapidly, creating a dry microburst which can be extremely hazardous to aviation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once back in my seat, what has been a slow evening descends rapidly into a very fast one. Times, Sunday Times This supernatural melodrama posits a few real questions about the morality of defending the indefensible, but descends rapidly into silliness. Times, Sunday Times Calm surface winds are drawn to urban centers, they then rise above the city and descend slowly on the periphery of the developed core. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As trucks and recreational vehicles must use low gear to descend slowly, an additional lane may also be built on the downhill side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the speed was too low, and the aircraft ended up in an inverted (upside-down) superstall, and started to descend slowly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After sunset the gossamer-winged prototype was to begin gliding without power and then, using its batteries, descending slowly during the dark hours to 5,000ft. Times, Sunday Times The snail descended slowly, rotating around its longitudinal axis, and deposited eggs until the entire cavity was filled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many financial indicators are indeed descending steeply, but money isn't one of them. Times, Sunday Times The long, narrow metalled road descends steeply and has three hairpin bends, and after that, there are 58 steps to climb down. Times, Sunday Times Blasted from the bedrock, a road descends steeply into a long cavern, bristling with machinery, banks of lights and high-tech equipment. Times, Sunday Times The upper two whorls are unsculptured, the last descending steeply and suddenly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, after this point, the river descends steeply and those not in good physical condition are not advised to continue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will shortly descend the stairs of the restaurant backwards. Times, Sunday Times The happy couple descended the stairs to the press conference, surrounded by lawyers and cameras and microphones. Times, Sunday Times The new stair prototype harnesses energy when a person descends the stairs, and recycles it on the way back up to give users a boost. Smithsonian Mag Descending the stairs she heard the rain hammering against the windows, as it had all afternoon. Christianity Today Descending the stairs, my legs screamed in cramps. Times, Sunday Times When a diver descends in the water the hydrostatic pressure, and therefore the ambient pressure, rises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For every 10 m in salt water the diver descends, the pressure increases by 1 bar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a diver descends, the ambient pressure increases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Diving suits made of compressible materials decrease in volume as the diver descends, and expand again as the diver ascends, causing buoyancy changes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The volume of gas in a non-rigid container (such as a diver's lungs or buoyancy compensation device), decreases as external pressure increases while the diver descends in the water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other than that, one can say little, because a strange wall of fog descends on the subject. Times, Sunday Times As they are due to return to land, an eerie fog descends and ushers in a mystery force, limiting contact with the outside world. The Sun Most of my days are fair to middling but on bad days it's like a fog descends on the brain. Times, Sunday Times He goes within himself and total gloom descends. Times, Sunday Times It's such a waste of good living time but, sometimes, even when all parties are intractably healthy, pleasant and solvent, a grey gloom descends. Times, Sunday Times When this kind of gloom descends, the housebuilders are in the front line. Times, Sunday Times Another hush descended as a technician attached a small clip-on microphone to her lapel, and she spoke. RESCUING ROSE (2002) Just before 9am the drilling stopped and hush descended. Times, Sunday Times (2008) As the result was announced, a radio was turned on and a hush descended. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I'm also sending you my leaflet on anger management, which explains how best to deal with these feelings before the red mist descends. The Sun As soon as they spot the seed of the horse chestnut tree, a red mist descends and clipboards appear. Times, Sunday Times A freezing mist descends in the cellar, leaving visitors lost in a fog. Times, Sunday Times The red mist descends and the scoreboard whirrs. Times, Sunday Times Others rarely lose their temper but when they do, the red mist descends and anything can happen. The Sun For most of the year, however, silence descends because no one actually lives on any of these islands. Times, Sunday Times Silence descends when you stop nowhere and stay still. Times, Sunday Times I'm up first and as silence descends on the set, my panic multiplies. The Sun Silence descends as the students hunch over their worksheets. Times, Sunday Times The outside world retreats as we go down flights of stairs and an eerie silence descends. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 下降 Japanese: 降りる |
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