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

adown

/əˈdaʊn/

(also adoon) Chiefly poetic. Now rare and archaic

adverb

To a lower place or position; downward, down; towards the earth. Frequently with verbs of motion, often those signifying descent, as fall, sink, kneel, etc..

preposition

Figurative and in figurative contexts. During, over the course of, or after (a period of time); throughout (the course of time).

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in King Alfred (c848–899), king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons. From of + down, with the literal meaning ‘from the hill’.

单词	adown
释义	adown /əˈdaʊn/ (also adoon) Chiefly poetic. Now rare and archaic adverb To a lower place or position; downward, down; towards the earth. Frequently with verbs of motion, often those signifying descent, as fall, sink, kneel, etc.. preposition Figurative and in figurative contexts. During, over the course of, or after (a period of time); throughout (the course of time). Origin Old English; earliest use found in King Alfred (c848–899), king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons. From of + down, with the literal meaning ‘from the hill’.
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