intransitive. To be brought to a lower rank, condition, status, etc.; to be humbled, abased, or degraded.
| 单词 | θ138929 |
| 释义 | the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble (11) to come downa1382 intransitive. To be brought to a lower rank, condition, status, etc.; to be humbled, abased, or degraded. meeka1400 intransitive. To become meek, to be meek. Obsolete. meekena1500 intransitive. To become meek or submissive; to submit meekly (to something). let fall one's crest1531 figurative. In phrases, such as to erect one's crest, elevate one's crest, let fall one's crest, used as a symbol of pride, self-confidence, or… to come (also get) off one's perch1568 to come (also get) off one's perch (colloquial): to adopt a less arrogant or condescending manner. to knock (also take,etc.) (a person) off his or… to come down a peg1589 The interval between two successive positions, such as could be marked by pegs; a step, a degree. Esp. in to take (a person) down a peg (or two) and… lower1837 intransitive. To descend to a lower rank, station, or standard of behaviour; to descend to a person's level. Now rare. to come off the roof1883 colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to come off the roof: to abandon an attitude of superiority; not to put on airs; to come back down to… to climb down1887 to climb down: to descend by the same means; also figurative (in recent colloquial usage) to retreat from a position taken up, abate one's… deflate1912 intransitive. To ‘climb down’; to lose spirit, confidence, etc. to come, etc., off one's high horse1920 high horse n. to mount (also ride) the high horse (colloquial): said of a person affecting airs of superiority, or behaving pretentiously or… |
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