| 释义 |
let something down1Lower something slowly: they let down a basket on a chain...- I tied one end of the cord to the basket and let the basket down slowly to Mr. Webster's level.
- After everything settled down, I slowly let my arm down.
- The man let his hand down slowly, still looking at the woman.
2Make a garment longer by lowering the hem: I put on a skirt which Sylvie had let down for me...- I do not own a pair of trousers that I have not had to let the hem down on.
- I bought a used dress and I need to let the skirt down about an inch.
- When you let the hem down, the nice bright unfaded material now exposed tends to show up just how faded the rest of the garment has become.
Synonyms 3British Deflate a tyre: the driver was still in the cab, so I couldn’t let the tyres down...- She told the court her car tyres had been let down on the day she found the note.
- The van was well and truly stuck, and even tried and tested methods of removal including letting the tyres down failed.
- I could let their tyres down and spray paint their vehicles with anarchist slogans.
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