单词 | put down |
释义 | put down I. transitive verb 1. a. < indicted on charges of failure to put down gambling — Meyer Berger > < assist in putting down the pestilences — Current History > b. < stern military measures put down the rioting — Jean & Franc Shor > c. Britain 2. < has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree — Lk 1:52 (Revised Standard Version) > 3. < put down gossip that she will again be a mama by labeling it the truth — Time > 4. < with the veterinary means … at our disposal, I would always decide to have a sufferer from this disease put down — Henry Wynmalen > 5. a. < was careful to put down only what he knew from first-hand experience — Granville Hicks > b. < one of the largest subscribers, putting his name down initially for £1,000 — W.P.Webb > < putting down the industrialist's son at birth for Eton — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > 6. a. < I put him down as a hypochondriac — O.S.J.Gogarty > < I'd have put her down as being just on the far side of forty-five — Hamilton Basso > b. < prepared to put these “shortcomings” down to inexperience — C.H.Dewhurst > 7. < began putting down experimental bores — Margaret Clarke > 8. < the noisy activity quickly put down the fish — F.C.Craighead b.1916 & J.J.Craighead > 9. a. < much practice will be needed to put your dog down properly — Winnie Barber > b. < even the ideal cat may be put down if it is not shown in perfect condition — P.M.Soderberg > 10. < poured a stiff jolt of whiskey and put it down — Raymond Chandler > < was now putting down helping after helping of the dinner — Carson McCullers > 11. < put down a whole cask of pickles > 12. cricket intransitive verb of an airplane or airplane pilot < put down at the airport on time > < despite the rain, he put down in a perfect landing > II. 1. a. < many writers want to put down not only their interviews but their critics — Melvin Maddocks > b. < put down for the way he dressed > 2. < a legendary step-parent: rigid, oppressive, untrue, ever ready to put down the honest feeling and sound thought that arise within the individual — R.B.Heilman > |
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