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

1. intransitive. To direct one's gaze downward; to lower one's eyes or face; = to look down 1a at Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look down

to look downa1200

to look downward?a1425

to look downwards1550

to look under1622

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 87 Lukand douneward to þe erthe.

?1530 Dialoges Creatures Moralysed xli. sig. N.iii^v A wylde beaste or serpent callyd Cacoblephas..beringe a greuous hede, which continually is lokynge downwarde to the erthe.

1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxix. sig. Ciii I loke downeward to my feete.

1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §39 The wicked manne lookes downe-ward, and sees three terrible spectacles, Death, Iudgement, Hell.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 722 Look downward on that Globe whose hither side With light from hence, though but reflected, shines.

1736 A. S. Catcott Supreme & Inferiour Elahim 13 They..all looked downward on the mercy-seat.

1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. iv. 273 Neither is looking downward painful.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 17 One [man] was stooping slightly, and looking downward with the scrutiny of curiosity.

1911 Z. Grey Young Lion Hunter viii. 97 Looking downward was like looking into the placid, blue, bottomless depths of the Pacific.

1988 W. Riley in G. Ursell Sky High 192 The upper middle class..could look downward with apprehension, and upward with hope.

2011 M. A. Monroe Butterfly's Daughter (2012) ix. 132 Ofelia's face colored and she looked downward.

2. intransitive. Stock Market. Of a commodity or its price: to decrease in value. Also in extended use. Cf. to look down 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)

to look downwards1796

to look downward1801

to look down1808

rally1826

sag1870

give way1883

slump1888

firm1896

move1904

spurt1931

perform1933

dip1956

to pull back1966

to go in the tank1974

1801 Morning Chron. 20 Oct. Rye and Malt looks downward and sales very heavy.

1872 Chicago Tribune 20 May 3/2 The supply is increasing and prices are looking downward.

1940 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 16 Mar. 4/1 If business is looking downward the passage of another ‘spend for prosperity’ program is surer than the leadership of the Yankees in the American league.

单词	to look downward
释义	> as lemmas to look downward to look downward 1. intransitive. To direct one's gaze downward; to lower one's eyes or face; = to look down 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look down to look downa1200 to look downward?a1425 to look downwards1550 to look under1622 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 87 Lukand douneward to þe erthe. ?1530 Dialoges Creatures Moralysed xli. sig. N.iii^v A wylde beaste or serpent callyd Cacoblephas..beringe a greuous hede, which continually is lokynge downwarde to the erthe. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxix. sig. Ciii I loke downeward to my feete. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §39 The wicked manne lookes downe-ward, and sees three terrible spectacles, Death, Iudgement, Hell. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 722 Look downward on that Globe whose hither side With light from hence, though but reflected, shines. View more context for this quotation 1736 A. S. Catcott Supreme & Inferiour Elahim 13 They..all looked downward on the mercy-seat. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. iv. 273 Neither is looking downward painful. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 17 One [man] was stooping slightly, and looking downward with the scrutiny of curiosity. 1911 Z. Grey Young Lion Hunter viii. 97 Looking downward was like looking into the placid, blue, bottomless depths of the Pacific. 1988 W. Riley in G. Ursell Sky High 192 The upper middle class..could look downward with apprehension, and upward with hope. 2011 M. A. Monroe Butterfly's Daughter (2012) ix. 132 Ofelia's face colored and she looked downward. 2. intransitive. Stock Market. Of a commodity or its price: to decrease in value. Also in extended use. Cf. to look down 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices) to look downwards1796 to look downward1801 to look down1808 rally1826 sag1870 give way1883 slump1888 firm1896 move1904 spurt1931 perform1933 dip1956 to pull back1966 to go in the tank1974 1801 Morning Chron. 20 Oct. Rye and Malt looks downward and sales very heavy. 1872 Chicago Tribune 20 May 3/2 The supply is increasing and prices are looking downward. 1940 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 16 Mar. 4/1 If business is looking downward the passage of another ‘spend for prosperity’ program is surer than the leadership of the Yankees in the American league. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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