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单词 take down
释义 take down
verb
Etymology: Middle English taken down, from taken to take + down
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to pull down or to pieces (as a building, a scaffold) : cut down (as a tree)
 b.
  (1) : to take apart or to pieces (as a motor) : disassemble
   < take a rifle down >
  (2) : distribute
   < take standing type down >
2. : to take from a higher to a lower place or level: as
 a.
  (1) : swallow
   < took the dose down with a grimace >
  (2) : submerge
   < take a submarine down in a practice dive >
 b. : to conduct or escort to a place on a lower level
  < take a lady down to dinner >
 c.
  (1) : to lower the spirit or vanity of : abase, humble
   < had two methods of taking men down: babying them and harping on their faults — Edmund Wilson >
   < whippersnapper needs to be taken down a bit >
  (2) : to reduce in strength : lay low
   < was taken down with fever >
  (3) dialect England : to reduce in flesh : emaciate
 d. : to reduce (as light or sound) in intensity
  < signals the electrician to take the houselights down — Henning Nelms >
3. : to remove from a shelf or a hook
 < took down his navy blue suit from the wardrobe — D.M.Davin >
 < took the family Bible down >
4.
 a. : to write down
  < notes taken down in shorthand >
  < no stenographers in Athens to take down what Demosthenes said — Max Eastman >
  < take a name down >
 b. : to record by mechanical means
  < a wire recorder that was taking down the bebop music — Chandler Brossard >
  < this particular performance … was taken down in the Rome Opera House — Douglas Watt >
intransitive verb
1. : to become seized or attacked especially by illness
 < took down with typhoid fever >
 < man … who was bearing most of the fitting-out expense took down sick — J.F.Dobie >
 < youngsters always took down with notions — H.L.Davis >
2. : to admit of being taken down
 < hospital could set up in four hours and take down in two, they boasted — A.J.Liebling >
 < doubles take down into a shorter package than most pumps — Warren Page >
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