单词 | take something down |
释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) He went to the bookcase and took down a volume. Synonyms remove He removed his jacket. take off extract He extracted a small notebook from his pocket. 2 (phrasal verb) The flag was taken down from the flag pole. Synonyms lower They lowered the boat into the water. drop Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. let down pull down haul down 3 (phrasal verb) Definition to dismantle or remove They took down the barricades that had been erected. Synonyms dismantle He asked for immediate help to dismantle the warheads. demolish The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway. take apart disassemble He disassembled the cabin and packed it away. level Further tremors could level yet more buildings. tear down raze Dozens of villages have been razed. take to pieces 4 (phrasal verb) Definition to record in writing I took down his comments in shorthand. Synonyms make a note of record In her letters she records the domestic and social details of life in China. write down minutenote A police officer was noting the number plates of passing cars. set down transcribe put on record Additional synonymsin the sense of demolish Definition to tear down or break up (buildings) The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway. Synonyms knock down, level, destroy, ruin, overthrow, dismantle, flatten, trash (slang), total (slang), tear down, bulldoze, raze, pulverizein the sense of disassemble He disassembled the cabin and packed it away. Synonyms take apart, strike, dismantle, knock down, take down, dismount, deconstruct in the sense of drop Definition to decrease in amount, strength, or value Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. Synonyms fall, lower, sink, decline, plunge, slump, diminish, decrease, plummet, dwindle, lessen, slackenNearby words of |
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