downdrawn.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊndrɔː/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌdrɔ/,

/ˈdaʊnˌdrɑ/, Scottish English

/ˈdʌʊndrɔ/

Forms: see down- prefix and draw n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, draw n.

Etymology: < down- prefix + draw n., after to draw down at draw v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare earlier downdraught n. 1a and slightly later down-drag n.

Originally Scottish.

The action or an act of drawing or pulling someone or something down (literal and figurative); lowering, depletion; (Scottish) oppression, suppression (now rare). Cf. downdraught n. 1a, down-drag n. Sc. National Dict. (at Doon) records the Scottish sense as still in use in Angus in 1940.

ΚΠ

1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 81 Poortith's sair down-draw.

1874 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 562/2 They war never said straucht oot, min' ye, but jist mintit at, like, wi' a doon-draw o' the broos an' a wee side-shak' o' the heid.

1905 R. Kipling in McClure's Mag. Nov. 25/2 Even in this thin air the lift-shunts are busy taking out one-third of its normal lift, and still ‘162’ must be checked by an occasional downdraw of the rudder or our flight would become a climb to the stars.

1980 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 18 Dec. d8/1 Prices could rise substantially by summer because of the downdraw in world oil stocks following the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war.

2003 H. J. Luger et al. in J. Saveur (Re)claiming Underground Space I. 391/2 The required downdraw of the piezometric level varied from place to place in Station Spui.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downdraw
释义	downdrawn. Brit. /ˈdaʊndrɔː/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌdrɔ/, /ˈdaʊnˌdrɑ/, Scottish English /ˈdʌʊndrɔ/ Forms: see down- prefix and draw n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, draw n. Etymology: < down- prefix + draw n., after to draw down at draw v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare earlier downdraught n. 1a and slightly later down-drag n. Originally Scottish. The action or an act of drawing or pulling someone or something down (literal and figurative); lowering, depletion; (Scottish) oppression, suppression (now rare). Cf. downdraught n. 1a, down-drag n. Sc. National Dict. (at Doon) records the Scottish sense as still in use in Angus in 1940. ΚΠ 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 81 Poortith's sair down-draw. 1874 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 562/2 They war never said straucht oot, min' ye, but jist mintit at, like, wi' a doon-draw o' the broos an' a wee side-shak' o' the heid. 1905 R. Kipling in McClure's Mag. Nov. 25/2 Even in this thin air the lift-shunts are busy taking out one-third of its normal lift, and still ‘162’ must be checked by an occasional downdraw of the rudder or our flight would become a climb to the stars. 1980 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 18 Dec. d8/1 Prices could rise substantially by summer because of the downdraw in world oil stocks following the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war. 2003 H. J. Luger et al. in J. Saveur (Re)claiming Underground Space I. 391/2 The required downdraw of the piezometric level varied from place to place in Station Spui. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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