| 单词 | scale-down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscale-down b. With down: To reduce in amount according to a fixed scale or standard. Also loosely, to reduce. Also in combinations scale-down attributive. ? originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Oct. 6/1 There are several ways..in which boy and girl labour is utilized [in New York] to the disadvantage of adult labour, with the consequence of scaling down the adult's income. 1888 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 340 At this rate it will require seventeen and one-half years, provided there be no failure of the bills during that period, and that the item be not scaled down. 1931 Times 16 Mar. 19/6 There was some Continental scale-down buying which served to keep the decline in check. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Apr. 8/2 The indebted farmer gets his mortgage debt scaled down, but with that scaling down the payment of interest again becomes the vogue. 1934 [see sense 4c]. 1937 Physical Rev. 51 1027/1 (heading) Vacuum tube circuits for scaling down counting rates. 1952 M. Laski Village v. 95 Hospitality had been empirically scaled down to a universally possible level. 1979 Daily Tel. 19 May 2/1 The original pay claim for a 30 per cent. rise has been scaled down to 16 per cent. < as lemmas |
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