| 单词 | down |
| 释义 | adverb | preposition | adjective | verb | noun downdown1 /daʊn/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1TO A LOWER POSITION from a higher place or position toward a lower place or position OPP up: David looked down at his feet. The sun was beating down on our backs. Do you want me to take that poster down (=take it off the wall) for you? Ken fell asleep face down (=with his face toward the ground) on the couch.2IN A LOWER PLACE in a lower place or position: There’s a parking lot down at the bottom of the hill. I’ll be down (=on a lower floor of a building) in a minute.3LYING/SITTING from a position in which someone or something is standing to a lying or sitting position: Angie, why don’t you sit down and relax? I think I’ll go and lie down for a while. Trees were blown down onto houses when the tornado hit.4SOUTH toward or in the south: They have a house down near the Mexican border.down to We drove down to Albuquerque.5LESS at or toward a lower level or amount: Keep your speed down (=don’t drive fast). Can I turn the TV down (=make it quieter) a little? Sales were down last month.down to Prices have gone down to their lowest level in ten years.down by Profits are down by 3%.6DESTROYED to a state in which something is completely destroyed: They tore the old school down. The factory burned down in 1900.7SMALLER to a smaller size: Sand can wear down the moving parts in your bike.down to Sharif cut his report down to only three pages.8RECORDED in the form of writing, especially on a list, or some other recorded form: I have it all down on tape. OK, write “return library books” down on your list.down to do something Put me down to (=write on a list that I will) bring the dessert. Let me take down your number and I’ll call you back.9FIRMLY ATTACHED firmly and tightly into a place or position: We could tape the mat down with duct tape.10FARTHER ALONG in or to a place that is farther along something such as a road or river: There’s a hotel a little farther down.two/three etc. doors down (from somebody) our neighbor who lives two doors downSPOKEN PHRASES11SOMEWHERE LOCAL in or to a place that is fairly near: I saw him down at the bus station.12Down! used to tell a dog not to jump on you or someone else13Down with...! used to say that you strongly oppose a government, leader, etc. and do not want them to have any power anymore: Hundreds of students were shouting, “Down with dictatorship!”14TO LATER TIMES to people living in a later time in history: pass/hand something down Chu’s recipes have been handed down through generations.15TO LOWER RANK to someone with a lower position or rank: an order passed down through the chain of command16be down to something to have only a small amount left from a larger amount: Now we’re down to our last eight dollars.17(from somebody) down to somebody including someone at a low level or rank: Everyone uses the cafeteria, from the CEO down to the mailroom staff.18go/come/be down to the wire to have very little time left to finish or achieve something: We were in a couple of games that went right down to the wire.19INTO STOMACH in or into your stomach as a result of swallowing: He gulped down his coffee.get/keep something down I was so sick, I couldn’t keep anything down.20IN PAYMENT paid to someone immediately in cash as part of the payment for something: Lease a new SUV today for no money down. → down paymentUSAGE: down• The word down is often used to make phrasal verbs. Some of these verbs show a movement toward a lower level: for example, quiet down means “to become quieter after being noisy” and calm down means “to become more calm after being excited.”• Another common use of down in a phrasal verb is to show that something is done very thoroughly. For example, wash down means “to wash something completely using a lot of water.” adverb | preposition | adjective | verb | noun downdown2 ●●● S2 W1 preposition 1toward the ground or a lower place, or in a lower position: Tears were running down his cheeks. Do you want to go down the slide? The hospital is just down the hill.2along something, or toward the far end of something: Look who’s coming down the hall. There’s a great Vietnamese restaurant down the street. We were driving really fast down the freeway.3along the side of a place towards the south: They sailed down the east coast of Africa. a chain of mountains down the west side of South America4down the road/line/pike informal at some time in the future: The situation is likely to be worse, six months down the road.5in the direction of a river’s current: An empty boat was floating down the river. We traveled down the Mississippi. adverb | preposition | adjective | verb | noun downdown3 ●●○ S2 W3 adjective 1SAD [not before noun] informal sad and without confidence SYN depressed: I’ve been feeling really down lately.down in the mouth/dumps (=very sad)2LOSING [not before noun] behind an opponent by a particular number of points: We were down by 17 points at half-time.3COMPUTER [not before noun] if a computer is down, it is not working because there is something wrong with the network it is connected to OPP up: Our computers are down right now. Could you call back?4LESS/LOWER [not before noun] less in amount than before, or at a lower level or place than before: At lunchtime, the stock market was down 77 points. The lake level is down but fishing is still good.SPOKEN PHRASES5be down on somebody/something to have a bad opinion of someone or something: Don’t be so down on yourself!6COMPLETED [not before noun] used to say that a particular number of things have been finished, when there are more things left to do: “One down, five to go,” I thought, as I started on the next one.7be down with something slang to agree with or accept something: Yeah, I’m down with that.8be down on your luck to have very little money because you have had a lot of bad luck recently: He helped me out when I was down on my luck.9a down escalator an escalator (=set of moving stairs) that takes you down to a lower floor[Origin: (1-2) 1300–1400 Old Norse dúnn] adverb | preposition | adjective | verb | noun downdown4 verb [transitive] 1to drink or eat something very quickly: Jack downed three beers with his steak and fries.2to defeat an opponent in sports: Utah downed Orlando in Salt Lake City.3to make something that is usually upright or in the air fall to the ground: More than 60 electric lines were downed by the wet heavy snow.4to force an airplane to crash by shooting it or exploding it: He claimed the rebels downed 35 government aircraft. adverb | preposition | adjective | verb | noun downdown5 noun 1[uncountable] the soft fine feathers of a bird, often used between layers of material to make warm clothes and bed covers: a down jacket a pillow filled with down → see also eiderdown, goosedown2[countable] one of the four chances that a football team has to move forward at least ten yards in order to keep the ball: It’s second down with six yards to go.3[uncountable] soft hair like a baby’s4downs [plural] low round hills covered with grass → see also ups and downs at up4 (1) |
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