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

1. transitive. To reduce (something, esp. a group or set) in size or quantity gradually or systematically.With quot. 1983 cf. build-down n.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually

to wane away1601

wear1697

wean1707

whittle1736

to tail off (out)1827

to ease off1884

to taper off (away, down)1898

to run down1960

to wind down1969

1872 Missouri Dental Jrnl. Aug. 315 I..then proceeded to build down the tooth a little more than its former size and length.

1983 USA Today 4 Oct. 1 President Reagan will announce today that he'll offer to ‘build-down’ the USA's nuclear weapons when deadlocked strategic arms talks with the Soviets resume.

1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 12/1 He wants to build down U.S. forces at a moderate pace, and he does not want Congress forcing him to go faster.

2017 M-brain Norway News (Nexis) 10 Jan. 6 The need to build down the stocks of cheese made it necessary to reduce milk production, and as a market regulator, Tine asked for the milk quota for cow milk to be reduced by 2%.

2. intransitive. U.S. Cards. Esp. in games of patience: to place a card on one of the next highest denomination, e.g. a five on a six. Cf. to build up 7 at Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics

pass1599

pluck1606

pulla1625

to play high1640

to follow suit1643

to play at forsat1674

lead1677

overdrawc1805

stand1813

retract1823

underplay1850

to hold up1879

to throw in one's hand1893

build1901

build-down1983

1894 Outlook 20 Oct. 629/1 Upon the intervening spaces, the cards being arranged in a square of nine, build down.

1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 871/2 To build down..is to place a card upon one of the next higher denomination... To build up..is to do just the opposite—that is, to place an eight on a seven.

2019 P. Anthony Zombie Lover (e-book ed.) You can build down from any card in the tableau, like putting that red four on that black five.

单词	to build down
释义	> as lemmas to build down to build down 1. transitive. To reduce (something, esp. a group or set) in size or quantity gradually or systematically.With quot. 1983 cf. build-down n. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually to wane away1601 wear1697 wean1707 whittle1736 to tail off (out)1827 to ease off1884 to taper off (away, down)1898 to run down1960 to wind down1969 1872 Missouri Dental Jrnl. Aug. 315 I..then proceeded to build down the tooth a little more than its former size and length. 1983 USA Today 4 Oct. 1 President Reagan will announce today that he'll offer to ‘build-down’ the USA's nuclear weapons when deadlocked strategic arms talks with the Soviets resume. 1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 12/1 He wants to build down U.S. forces at a moderate pace, and he does not want Congress forcing him to go faster. 2017 M-brain Norway News (Nexis) 10 Jan. 6 The need to build down the stocks of cheese made it necessary to reduce milk production, and as a market regulator, Tine asked for the milk quota for cow milk to be reduced by 2%. 2. intransitive. U.S. Cards. Esp. in games of patience: to place a card on one of the next highest denomination, e.g. a five on a six. Cf. to build up 7 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 1894 Outlook 20 Oct. 629/1 Upon the intervening spaces, the cards being arranged in a square of nine, build down. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 871/2 To build down..is to place a card upon one of the next higher denomination... To build up..is to do just the opposite—that is, to place an eight on a seven. 2019 P. Anthony Zombie Lover (e-book ed.) You can build down from any card in the tableau, like putting that red four on that black five. extracted from buildv. < as lemmas
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