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

In its simplest sense, descend means to go or move downward, but there are a couple of subtle variations on this theme. Yes, a bird can descend from the sky, but also, humans are descended from prehistoric ancestors.

If you've ever heard a pilot say "prepare for our descent", then you know that only one letter separates the noun descent from the verb descend. They both derive from the same Latin components de, meaning "down," and scandere, "to climb." Similarly, if someone condescends to you, they are said, derogatorily, to be coming down to your level. All Americans are descended from peoples from other continents, such as Europe, Africa, and Asia. We've all "come down" from our ancestors.

WORD FAMILY

descend: descendant, descended, descendent, descender, descending, descends+/descendant: descendants/descended: undescended/descendent: descendents/descender: descenders/descending: descendingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Just minutes into the cocktail reception, a few of Ms. Kerr’s best friends descended upon her.

New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)

Officials believe as many a million people will descend upon Times Square to bring in the New Year.

Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)

And when one or more of us gets ill, it quickly descends into near-farcical scenes of horror.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

1v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper

come down, fall, go down

arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

move upward

ascend, go up

travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

prolapse

slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

abseil, rappel, rope down

lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse

alight from (a horse)

avalanche, roll down

gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

dive, plunge, plunk

drop steeply

go down, go under, set

disappear beyond the horizon

correct, decline, slump

go down in value

precipitate

fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

sink, subside

descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

crash

fall or come down violently

flop

fall suddenly and abruptly

topple, tumble

fall down, as if collapsing

drop

to fall vertically

plop

drop with the sound of something falling into water

pitch

fall or plunge forward

alight, climb down

come down

go down, go under, settle, sink

go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

pounce, swoop

move down on as if in an attack

drip

fall in drops

cascade, cascade down

rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

power-dive

make a power dive

nosedive

plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

duck

submerge or plunge suddenly

crash-dive

descend steeply and rapidly

chute, jump, parachute

jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

keel over

turn over and fall

dump, plunge

fall abruptly

plummet, plump

drop sharply

flump, flump down

fall heavily

settle, subside

sink down or precipitate

founder

sink below the surface

submerge, submerse

sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

decline

go down

stoop

descend swiftly, as if on prey

go, locomote, move, travel

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

2v come as if by falling

Syn|Hyper

fall, settle
fall

go as if by falling

come

come to pass; arrive, as in due course

3v come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

She was descended from an old Italian noble family

Syn

come, derive
derive

come from

come, hail

be a native of

4v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

Syn|Hyper

condescend, deign

act, move

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

单词	descend
释义	descend (once / 82 pages) v In its simplest sense, descend means to go or move downward, but there are a couple of subtle variations on this theme. Yes, a bird can descend from the sky, but also, humans are descended from prehistoric ancestors. If you've ever heard a pilot say "prepare for our descent", then you know that only one letter separates the noun descent from the verb descend. They both derive from the same Latin components de, meaning "down," and scandere, "to climb." Similarly, if someone condescends to you, they are said, derogatorily, to be coming down to your level. All Americans are descended from peoples from other continents, such as Europe, Africa, and Asia. We've all "come down" from our ancestors. WORD FAMILY descend: descendant, descended, descendent, descender, descending, descends+/descendant: descendants/descended: undescended/descendent: descendents/descender: descenders/descending: descendingly USAGE EXAMPLES Just minutes into the cocktail reception, a few of Ms. Kerr’s best friends descended upon her. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Officials believe as many a million people will descend upon Times Square to bring in the New Year. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) And when one or more of us gets ill, it quickly descends into near-farcical scenes of horror. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper come down, fall, go down arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward ascend, go up travel up, "We ascended the mountain" prolapse slip or fall out of place, as of body parts abseil, rappel, rope down lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse alight from (a horse) avalanche, roll down gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow dive, plunge, plunk drop steeply go down, go under, set disappear beyond the horizon correct, decline, slump go down in value precipitate fall vertically, sharply, or headlong sink, subside descend into or as if into some soft substance or place crash fall or come down violently flop fall suddenly and abruptly topple, tumble fall down, as if collapsing drop to fall vertically plop drop with the sound of something falling into water pitch fall or plunge forward alight, climb down come down go down, go under, settle, sink go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" pounce, swoop move down on as if in an attack drip fall in drops cascade, cascade down rush down in big quantities, like a cascade power-dive make a power dive nosedive plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft duck submerge or plunge suddenly crash-dive descend steeply and rapidly chute, jump, parachute jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute keel over turn over and fall dump, plunge fall abruptly plummet, plump drop sharply flump, flump down fall heavily settle, subside sink down or precipitate founder sink below the surface submerge, submerse sink below the surface; go under or as if under water decline go down stoop descend swiftly, as if on prey go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v come as if by falling Syn\|Hyper fall, settle fall go as if by falling come come to pass; arrive, as in due course 3v come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example She was descended from an old Italian noble family Syn come, derive derive come from come, hail be a native of 4v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity Syn\|Hyper condescend, deign act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
随便看	exportation export credit export duty exporter exporting expose exposed exposit exposition expositive expositor expository ex post facto expostulate expostulation exposure exposure meter exposure therapy expound expounder expounding ex-president express expressage expressed