单词 | downslide |
释义 | downsliden. A downward slide; a rapid decline, a downturn. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition rureOE ebbingc1200 fallc1225 declinea1327 downfallingc1330 downfalla1400 fall of mana1400 wanea1400 ruinc1405 wrack1426 inclinationc1450 declination1533 labefactation1535 ebb1555 falling off1577 declining1581 inclining1590 declension1604 downset1608 neck-breaka1658 overseta1658 lapsing1665 reducement1667 lapse1680 labefaction1792 downshift1839 subsidence1839 downgrade1857 downturn1858 downslide1889 downswing1922 turn-down1957 tail-off1975 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > rapid downslide1889 toboggan1889 1889 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 11 Jan. (Evening ed.) The price down-slide has nothing to do with qualities. 1926 D. H. Lawrence David xiii. 100 The downslide of his hate is great. 1966 Listener 8 Sept. 337/2 A downslide in foreign confidence. 1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. 21/4 I realise I am teetering on a precipice, which may be the start of a downslide in the quality of my life. 2016 Wall Street Jrnl. 26 Feb. d6 My downslide started around 1983, when Warner Bros. records dropped me just as I finished a new album. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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