英语词汇“downer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

downer

(daʊnəʳ )

Word forms: downers

1. countable noun

Downers are drugs that make you feel sleepy or very calm. [informal]

She was taking uppers and downers at the time.

2. countable noun [usually singular]

If you describe a situation as a downer, you think that it is very depressing. [informal]

What happened last week was a bit of a downer.

on a downer phrase

If you are on a downer, you are feeling depressed and without hope. [informal]

We've been on a bit of a downer since the Liverpool game.

Idioms:

have a downer on someone [British]

to not like someone, or to disapprove of them

Her dad has a downer on every guy she meets.

Collocations:

real downer

It put a real downer on the holiday.

The Sun (2013)

It was a blow, a real downer.

Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager (2006)

All the things going wrong - that's the real downer.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

单词	downer
释义	downer (daʊnəʳ ) Word forms: downers 1. countable noun Downers are drugs that make you feel sleepy or very calm. [informal] She was taking uppers and downers at the time. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you describe a situation as a downer, you think that it is very depressing. [informal] What happened last week was a bit of a downer. on a downer phrase If you are on a downer, you are feeling depressed and without hope. [informal] We've been on a bit of a downer since the Liverpool game. Idioms: have a downer on someone [British] to not like someone, or to disapprove of them Her dad has a downer on every guy she meets. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: real downer It put a real downer on the holiday. The Sun (2013) It was a blow, a real downer. Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager (2006) All the things going wrong - that's the real downer. Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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