| 单词 | to let down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let down to let down 1. To lower (a drawbridge, portcullis, steps of a carriage, etc.); in restricted sense, to cause or allow to descend by gradual motion or short stages. Also occasionally intransitive for passive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lower or let down abeyOE fellOE to let down1154 lowc1330 vailc1330 revalec1475 to let fallc1500 bate1530 stoop1530 down1595 fall1595 embase1605 dismount1609 lower1626 sink1632 prostratea1718 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor anchor?c1225 to come to (an) anchor?1473 to let go1530 to moor anchor1578 moor1627 to come to a killick1630 to drop anchor1634 to let fall1638 to let down1662 1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1140 (Laud) Me læt hire dun on niht of þe tur mid rapes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19844 A mikel linnen clath four squar Laten dun. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. l. 367 So wenten they Into the towr..and leten hym down ful Softelye. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 90 Leit breggis doun and portcules thai drew. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/1 Come let me downe from my horse. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 55 A vysion of a shete latten downe from heauen. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 35 They would have let down the Anchor. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 75 Letting the Tree down into a Pit of four or five Foot depth. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China i. i. 12 We were let down into the Hold. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iii. 70 The drawbridge is let down. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge liii. 246 A passing carriage stopped, and a lady's hand let down the glass. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit liii. 609 Draymen letting down big butts of beer into a cellar. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. xii. 70 Lights were brought in, the curtains let down. 1864 Mrs. H. Wood Trevlyn Hold I. 313 A large board or table which would put up or let down at will. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. v. 89 Throwing the door wide open with a fling, and letting down the steps. 2. To lower in position, intensity, strength, or †value; to depress; to abase, humble. Also, to disappoint; to fail in supporting, aiding, or justifying (a person, etc.); frequently in to let the side down. Also (chiefly U.S.) intransitive, to diminish, deteriorate; to relax. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] swikeOE beguile1483 deludea1513 disappointa1513 dispointa1513 forsake1526 betray1594 mock1600 frustrate1663 evade1692 elude1694 balk1735 to let down1795 slip1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > diminish value of fall1564 embase1577 to pull down1607 impoverish1611 depreciate1656 to let down1870 slip1961 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > let down faila1300 lotea1325 unsecond1616 to let down1913 fizz1941 to fink out on1966 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > be ineffective > in supporting or aiding (a person) to let the side down1952 society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > relax relax1652 to take it slow and easy1819 to let down1964 1486–1504 Let. in W. Denton Eng. in 15th Cent. (1888) 318 (note D) Yff ye suld support a synglere man to dryue yowr tenants owt and lett downe yowre tenandres [i.e. tenantries] as they doo. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 73 Every slackn'd fiber drops its hold, Like Nature letting down the Springs of Life. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1030 Nothing in the world lets down a character more, than that wrong turn. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. lxii. 15, in Wks. (1811) IX. 161 He lets himself down to our capacity. 1795 E. Burke Let. to W. Elliot in Wks. VII. 348 When I found that the great advocate, Mr. Erskine, condescended to resort to these bumper toasts..I was rather let down a little. 1798 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1846) VI. 62 Poor M. de Narbonne! how will he be shocked and let down! 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 149 This cold laconic note, that, at once, let down all Emma's hopes of surprising her friend agreeably. 1832 Examiner 790/1 Nothing lets down a smart hit so lamentably as a hitching verse or hobbling rhyme. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 187 He was..gently let down from his high position. 1913 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case xv. 307 That's good. I judged you would not let me down. 1924 G. H. L. Mallory in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest 1924 (1925) 217 The oxygen party should not this way be let down by their load failing to arrive at V. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xii. 110 I leave it to you, Stephen. I know you'll not let me down. 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 16/5 In Europe there is a strong feeling that when America went out of the peace she let Europe down. 1927 Daily Express 12 Dec. 2/4 A boy who lets his group down..is made to feel ashamed of himself. 1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising i. 22 Why..should she present herself to him against this sordid background..letting down her own side? 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock x. 137 He couldn't guess his Frau was going to let down the side like that. 1969 Guardian 8 Sept. 7/2 ‘House and Garden’ let the side down..by advancing very confident pro-reproduction arguments. 1971 J. Tyndall Death in Lebanon xii. 223 George..let the side down by his boat running out of juice. 1973 D. Robinson Rotten with Honour 20 You have a way of looking at people as if they're about to let the side down. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 99 He's my partner... He doesn't let me down, I won't let him down. ΚΠ 1555 Burgh Rec. Peebles (1872) 215 That all flescheouris bring thair flesche to the mercat croce..and that thai blaw nane thairof, nor yit let it doune. 1574 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 26 That thair be na muttoun scoirit on the bak..nor yit lattin doun before [i.e. bled at the breast]. 4. a. technical. (a) To lower the temper of (metal). (b) See quot. 1886. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > lower or deprive of temper to let down1678 distemper1795 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 57 If your Steel be too hard..you must let it down, (as Smiths say) that is, make it softer, by Tempering it. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Letting-down, the process of lowering the temper of a steel tool or spring which [etc.]. 1886 W. A. Harris Techn. Dict. Fire Insurance (at cited word) Shellac and other resins, and similar substances, are said to be ‘let-down’ when they are, by means of spirit-solvents, reduced or dissolved ready for use. The solvent itself is also known as ‘let-down’. b. intransitive. Of an aircraft or its pilot: to descend prior to making a landing. Cf. letdown n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > descend > descend prior to landing to let down1946 1946 Shell Aviation News No. 100. 8/3 Another frequently used system was ‘Lorenz’ blind approach, which assisted aircraft to let-down in adverse visibility. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 391/2 There remain the periods when so many accidents occur, just after taking off, or when the aircraft is letting down to land. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose ii. 42 Over Macquarie Harbour I started to let down. 1971 K. Wheeler Epitaph for Mr. Wynn (1972) xxxii. 399 I'll be letting down now... On the ground in ten minutes. 5. to be let down: (of the claws of a hound) to be in contact with the ground. Also, the sinew of a horse, = ‘to be broken down’ (see to break down 4 at break v. Phrasal verbs). ΚΠ 1684 London Gaz. No. 1987/4 She is a pretty large Hound, very handsome, all her Claws are let down of one of her fore feet. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xlii. 576 If the Horse be, what the Jockies call, let down in the Sinew..such Horse can never be made so strong in that Part, but a hard Course, or Running a Race upon hard Ground will let him down again. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 271 When a Horse..is quite let down (as the Jockeys call it) the Tendon is quite broken. 6. to be well let down in the girth: (of a horse, also of a hound) to be ‘deep’ in the girth. ΚΠ 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 122 When a Horse is well let down in the Girth, he is a good-winded Nag..he was a round-barrell'd Horse, and did not look much let down in the Girth. 7. to let (a person) down gently, softly or eas(il)y: to treat considerately so as to spare (his) self-respect. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > treat kindly [verb (transitive)] > treat considerately > to preserve self-respect to let (a person) down gently, softly or eas(il)y1753 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxii. 120 It will give him consequence in the eye of the world, and be a gentle method of letting his pride down easy. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xvi. 280 By way of letting him down gently, I said nothing. 1843 H. Gavin Feigned & Factitious Dis. 32 It is always a prudent measure to afford a malingerer an opportunity of giving in..or in the language of the hospital, to let him softly down. 1863 Country Gentleman 2 Apr. 227/3 The object of these ambiguous expressions is to ‘let the applicant down easy’. 1866 Harper's Mag. Sept. 537/1 How to have the Colonel transferred, or ‘let down easy’,..was the question. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius vi She would let him down easily, so to speak, that there might be no over-tender recollections on his part. 1907 H. Lawson in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 85 I s'pose the fact of the matter was that she didn't cotton on to me, and wanted to let me down easy. 1928 G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism lvii. 274 The State..must let the loser down easily; and there is no other way of doing this except the way of purchase and compensation. 8. Of cows: To yield (milk). dialect. ΚΠ 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. i. 5 She's a bonny lass, she is; let down her milk, there's a pretty! 1881 J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 56/1 All cows will not let down their milk to strangers. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] slay971 smitelOE flatc1330 flap1362 acoupc1380 frapa1400 girda1400 hit?a1400 knocka1400 swap?a1400 wapa1400 castc1400 strike1509 befta1522 to throw about one1590 cuff1596 to let down1640 dunch1805 yark1818 bunt1867 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 219 Taking his curtelas in both his hands, he let down at Rozalmond with such force that [etc.]. 10. To lengthen (a garment); to lower (a hem) in order to lengthen a garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > alter to turn upa1586 tuck1626 to let out1791 fashionize1824 to piece down1863 to make down1877 to let down1890 to take up1902 1890 Monthly Packet Christmas 182 Mrs. Thorpe was thinking that Babie's pink frock wanted ‘letting down’ an inch. 1952 E. Coxhead Play Toward v. 125 They both wore cotton [dresses], Sophia's showing where it had been let down, and Madeleine's dating back to the war years. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxiii. 316 Philippa was..letting down the hem of Margot's green organdie. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 121 She liked to sit and sew; a frock whose hem needed letting down. 11. to let one's hair down: see hair n. Phrases 12. 12. To deflate (a tyre). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > deflate deflate1891 to let down1968 1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby ix. 91 I..hoped she hadn't had any bright ideas like letting down my tyres or removing the distributor cap. 1973 ‘M. Yorke’ Grave Matters v. i. 81 There was no trace of a hole in it [sc. a tyre] when the wheel was brought in for repair. It must have been let down. Deliberately. < as lemmas |
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