| 单词 | stand-down |
| 释义 | stand-downor stand·down[ stand-doun ] / ˈstændˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stand-down ON THESAURUS.COM nounMilitary. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays. a work stoppage or layoff. Origin of stand-downFirst recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase stand down Words nearby stand-downstandard volume, stand at ease, standaway, standby, stand corrected, stand-down, standee, standfast, standfirst, stand for, stand guard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stand-down
British Dictionary definitions for stand-downstand down verb (adverb)(intr) to resign or withdraw, esp in favour of another (intr) to leave the witness box in a court of law after giving evidence mainly British to go or be taken off duty Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with stand-downstand down Leave a witness stand, as in The judge told her to stand down. [Late 1600s] Withdraw, as from a political contest or a game or race, as in Harry decided to stand down as a candidate for mayor. [Late 1800s] Go off duty, as in The American forces were ordered to stand down. [Early 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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